Cash grain bids / Iowa / Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids / 2024-10-29

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

The Feeder BoardNational weight ladder, every weight classfreeState & Region LaddersEvery state, every weightfreeFind Your BarnEvery USDA-reported market, every salefreeSale ReportsClean report pages replacing USDA PDFsfreeState Auction SummariesUSDA's statewide view, 30 statesfreeWhat Are My Calves Worth?Weight + sex + state → today's moneyfreeThe Forward CurveFall prices trading today, by regionproVideo & Internet SalesSuperior, Western Video and morefreeBoard SalesForward feeder trade, by delivery monthfree

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Fed Cash Today5-Area live & dressed, regional splitfreePacker MarginThe daily per-head numberfreeCarcass Weight WatchWeekly weights vs 5-year bandfreeCattle on FeedMonthly placements & marketings, revisions trackedfreeNegotiated Share TrackerCash vs formula, tracked over yearsfreeWhat Quality PaysWhat packers add and subtract on a carcass gridfree

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Boxed Beef DailyChoice, Select, the spreadfreePrimal ValuesRib to flank, what's pulling the cutoutfreeWhat the Label Is WorthGrass-fed and organic vs conventional, by cutfreeThe 84-Cut LadderEvery cut USDA tracks, dailyproWho Gets WhatEvery segment’s share of the beef dollarfreeImported Lean MarketThe 90s trade that moves cull cowsSoon

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cash Grain Bids30 states of elevator bids, dailyfreeHay Prices19 states + 18 auctions, by qualityfreeBasis MapWhat local corn is worth against the boardfreeFeedstuffs DeskDDGS, soybean meal, mill feedsfree

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

Cull Cow & Bull PricesDaily national, by class and regionfreeCow CutoutWhat the grinding beef is worth, dailyfreeBred Cows & PairsBy stage, age, and statefree

More

Latest ReportsEvery USDA release as it publishesfreeReport ArchiveWhat USDA published on any datefreeThe Morning WireDaily brief from every fresh reportfreeRecords BookAll-time highs, and where today sitsfreeCattle on FeedMonthly, with revisions trackedfreeThe BordersMexico & Canada flows and pricesproDrought & Forced SellingHow much of the herd is dry, and what it costsfreeAlertsYour barn, your class, your thresholdSoon

Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Oct 29
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.0000–9.2025/bu+0.09−79–−45¢/BuJanuary (F)12.4415
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.9525–9.2225/bu+0.09−70–−43¢/BuNovember (X)12.5161
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.0725–9.2725/bu+0.09−58–−38¢/BuNovember (X)12.4314
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.7525–9.1400/bu+0.09−90–−65¢/BuNovember (X)12.4457
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.9025–9.1725/bu+0.09−75–−48¢/BuNovember (X)12.4436
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.9025–9.3000/bu+0.09−75–−49¢/BuNovember (X)12.4229
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3400–9.3525/bu+0.10−45–−30¢/BuJanuary (F)12.8800
—
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.3525–9.6525/bu+0.09−30–0¢/BuNovember (X)12.8945

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7875–4.0375/bu+0.03−35–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5595
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5675–3.9075/bu+0.03−57–−23¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6131
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8775–4.1575/bu+0.12−26–+2¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5775
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7075–3.8375/bu+0.02−43–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5046
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4375–3.8175/bu+0.03−70–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4461
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6075–3.8875/bu+0.03−53–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4961
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8875/bu+0.03−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6925
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.