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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Oct 31
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1750–9.4950/bu+0.06−65–−45¢/BuNovember (X)12.6955
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1950–9.3750/bu+0.13−63–−57¢/BuNovember (X)12.7158
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2450–9.4950/bu+0.06−58–−45¢/BuNovember (X)12.6036
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.0950–9.3450/bu+0.23−73–−60¢/BuNovember (X)12.6882
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.0750–9.3450/bu+0.06−75–−48¢/BuNovember (X)12.7104
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.0950–9.3350/bu+0.08−73–−49¢/BuNovember (X)12.6982
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3750–9.5950/bu+0.06−45–−35¢/BuNovember (X)13.0675
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.5450–9.8250/bu+0.03−40–0¢/BuJanuary (F)13.0925

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7575–4.0075/bu+0.01−35–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4940
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5375–3.8775/bu+0.01−57–−23¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5533
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8475–4.1275/bu+0.01−26–+2¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5029
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6775–3.8075/bu+0.01−43–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3871
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4575–3.7875/bu+0.04−65–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3714
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6275–3.8575/bu+0.01−48–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4171
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8575/bu+0.01−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6600
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.