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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Oct 18
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.0500–9.2000/bu+0.19−65–−50¢/BuNovember (X)12.4365
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.0000–9.2100/bu+0.19−70–−49¢/BuNovember (X)12.5447
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1200–9.2200/bu+0.19−58–−48¢/BuNovember (X)12.4225
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.8000–9.0500/bu+0.19−90–−65¢/BuNovember (X)12.4239
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.9500–9.2000/bu+0.19−75–−50¢/BuNovember (X)12.4511
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.9300–9.0400/bu+0.19−77–−66¢/BuNovember (X)12.4254
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1500–9.3000/bu+0.19−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)12.9425
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.3000–9.7000/bu+0.19−40–0¢/BuNovember (X)12.9475

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6975–3.8975/bu+0.02−35–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6770
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5075–3.8475/bu+0.02−54–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6983
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7875–4.0675/bu+0.02−26–+2¢/BuDecember (Z)4.7150
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6275–3.6975/bu+0.03−42–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6636
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3375–3.7375/bu+0.02−71–−31¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5850
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5275–3.6975/bu+0.02−52–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6393
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7875–3.7975/bu+0.03−26–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.8350
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.