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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Jan 29
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8550–9.9550/bu+0.16−75–−65¢/BuMarch (H)11.6875
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8250–10.0750/bu+0.16−78–−53¢/BuMarch (H)11.7303
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9050–10.0050/bu+0.16−70–−60¢/BuMarch (H)11.5982
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8550–10.0550/bu+0.16−75–−55¢/BuMarch (H)11.7211
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8150–9.9550/bu+0.11−79–−65¢/BuMarch (H)11.7754
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8650–10.0050/bu+0.14−74–−60¢/BuMarch (H)11.7111
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1550/bu+0.16−45¢/BuMarch (H)11.9975
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.1050–10.2550/bu+0.11−50–−35¢/BuMarch (H)11.8675

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5700–4.6800/bu+0.12−40–−29¢/BuMarch (H)4.3755
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5700–4.7300/bu+0.12−40–−24¢/BuMarch (H)4.4369
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5800–4.8400/bu+0.12−39–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.4182
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5500–4.6900/bu+0.12−42–−28¢/BuMarch (H)4.3254
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3400–4.6700/bu+0.12−63–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.3068
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4400–4.6700/bu+0.11−53–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.3554
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7800–4.8100/bu+0.09−19–−16¢/BuMarch (H)4.5875
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.