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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Nov 18
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4975–9.5975/bu+0.11−60–−50¢/BuJanuary (F)13.1455
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4475–9.7975/bu+0.11−65–−30¢/BuJanuary (F)13.1847
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4675–9.6975/bu+0.11−63–−40¢/BuJanuary (F)13.0982
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4475–9.6975/bu+0.11−65–−40¢/BuJanuary (F)13.1511
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2975–9.7175/bu+0.11−80–−38¢/BuJanuary (F)13.1711
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3875–9.5975/bu+0.04−71–−50¢/BuJanuary (F)13.1511
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7375–9.9475/bu+0.10−36–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)13.5325
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.7975–10.0475/bu+0.11−30–−5¢/BuJanuary (F)13.4775

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0125–4.2425/bu+0.05−28–−5¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5560
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8425–4.1425/bu+0.05−45–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6317
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0325–4.3525/bu+0.05−26–+6¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5707
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0125–4.1425/bu+0.07−28–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5107
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7925–4.1325/bu+0.05−50–−16¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4536
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8225–4.1025/bu+0.05−47–−19¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4550
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2925/bu+0.070¢/BuDecember (Z)4.7050
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.