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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Oct 15
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2600–9.4100/bu+0.15−65–−50¢/BuNovember (X)12.3565
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1200–9.3600/bu+0.15−79–−55¢/BuNovember (X)12.4508
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3300–9.4100/bu+0.15−58–−50¢/BuNovember (X)12.3389
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.0100–9.2600/bu+0.15−90–−65¢/BuNovember (X)12.3089
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.0600–9.1800/bu+0.15−85–−73¢/BuNovember (X)12.3618
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1400–9.2500/bu+0.15−77–−66¢/BuNovember (X)12.3332
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3600–9.5100/bu+0.17−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)12.7875
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.3600–9.8600/bu+0.15−55–−5¢/BuNovember (X)12.8525

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6625–3.7825/bu+0.15−35–−23¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6090
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4725–3.8125/bu+0.15−54–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6533
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7525–4.0125/bu+0.15−26–0¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6386
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6125–3.7125/bu+0.15−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5857
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3325–3.6825/bu+0.13−68–−33¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5029
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5125–3.7125/bu+0.15−50–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5686
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7625–3.7825/bu+0.15−25–−23¢/BuDecember (Z)4.7900
Source: USDA AMS · Des Moines, IA. Bids are what buyers offered on the day USDA collected them, not settled trades. Change and year-ago figures are USDA's own — nothing on this page is recomputed, and prices in different units are never averaged together.