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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Jan 30
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6900–9.7900/bu+0.17−75–−65¢/BuMarch (H)11.4925
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6600–9.9100/bu+0.17−78–−53¢/BuMarch (H)11.5425
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7400–9.8400/bu+0.17−70–−60¢/BuMarch (H)11.4068
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6900–9.8900/bu+0.17−75–−55¢/BuMarch (H)11.5239
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6500–9.7900/bu+0.17−79–−65¢/BuMarch (H)11.5854
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7000–9.8400/bu+0.17−74–−60¢/BuMarch (H)11.5211
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9900/bu+0.17−45¢/BuMarch (H)11.8075
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9400–10.0900/bu+0.17−50–−35¢/BuMarch (H)11.6925

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5025–4.6125/bu+0.07−40–−29¢/BuMarch (H)4.3655
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5025–4.6625/bu+0.07−40–−24¢/BuMarch (H)4.4292
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5125–4.7725/bu+0.07−39–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.4168
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4825–4.6225/bu+0.07−42–−28¢/BuMarch (H)4.3154
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2725–4.6025/bu+0.07−63–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.2968
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3825–4.6025/bu+0.06−52–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.3396
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7125–4.7225/bu+0.07−19–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.5775
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.