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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Oct 16
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1500–9.3000/bu+0.11−65–−50¢/BuNovember (X)12.5000
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.0100–9.3000/bu+0.11−79–−50¢/BuNovember (X)12.6267
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2200–9.3000/bu+0.11−58–−50¢/BuNovember (X)12.4886
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.9000–9.1500/bu+0.11−90–−65¢/BuNovember (X)12.4543
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.9500–9.2600/bu+0.11−85–−54¢/BuNovember (X)12.5243
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.0300–9.1400/bu+0.11−77–−66¢/BuNovember (X)12.4729
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2500–9.4000/bu+0.11−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)12.9250
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.4000–9.8000/bu+0.04−40–0¢/BuNovember (X)13.0150

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6975–3.8975/bu+0.04−35–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6420
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5075–3.8475/bu+0.04−54–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6611
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7875–4.0475/bu+0.04−26–0¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6729
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6475–3.7475/bu+0.04−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6157
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3375–3.7175/bu+0.01−71–−33¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5343
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5275–3.7475/bu+0.02−52–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6000
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7975–3.8175/bu+0.04−25–−23¢/BuDecember (Z)4.8200
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.