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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Jan 28
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7000–9.8000/bu—−75–−65¢/BuMarch (H)11.6525
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6700–9.9200/bu—−78–−53¢/BuMarch (H)11.7019
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7500–9.8500/bu—−70–−60¢/BuMarch (H)11.5632
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7000–9.9000/bu—−75–−55¢/BuMarch (H)11.7004
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7100–9.8000/bu—−74–−65¢/BuMarch (H)11.7532
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7300–9.8500/bu—−72–−60¢/BuMarch (H)11.6761
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0000/bu—−45¢/BuMarch (H)11.9725
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.0000–10.1000/bu—−45–−35¢/BuMarch (H)11.8475

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4525–4.5625/bu+0.03−40–−29¢/BuMarch (H)4.3705
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4525–4.6525/bu+0.03−40–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.4497
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4625–4.7225/bu+0.03−39–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.4132
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4325–4.5725/bu+0.03−42–−28¢/BuMarch (H)4.3246
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2225–4.5525/bu+0.03−63–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.3018
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3325–4.5525/bu+0.03−52–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.3461
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6925/bu+0.03−16¢/BuMarch (H)4.5675
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.