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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Oct 17
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2375–9.3875/bu+0.09−65–−50¢/BuNovember (X)12.5450
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1875–9.3975/bu+0.18−70–−49¢/BuNovember (X)12.6761
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3075–9.3875/bu+0.09−58–−50¢/BuNovember (X)12.5479
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.9875–9.2375/bu+0.09−90–−65¢/BuNovember (X)12.5279
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1375–9.3875/bu+0.19−75–−50¢/BuNovember (X)12.5836
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1175–9.2275/bu+0.09−77–−66¢/BuNovember (X)12.5413
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3375–9.4875/bu+0.09−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)13.0300
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.4875–9.8875/bu+0.09−40–0¢/BuNovember (X)13.0800

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7175–3.9175/bu+0.02−35–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.7720
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5275–3.8675/bu+0.02−54–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)4.7933
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8075–4.0875/bu+0.02−26–+2¢/BuDecember (Z)4.8100
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6575–3.7175/bu+0.01−41–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.7386
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3575–3.7575/bu+0.02−71–−31¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6800
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5475–3.7375/bu+0.02−52–−33¢/BuDecember (Z)4.7343
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8175–3.8375/bu+0.02−25–−23¢/BuDecember (Z)4.9300
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.