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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Jan 31
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6700–9.7700/bu+0.02−75–−65¢/BuMarch (H)11.3350
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6400–9.8700/bu+0.02−78–−55¢/BuMarch (H)11.3961
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7200–9.8200/bu+0.02−70–−60¢/BuMarch (H)11.2550
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6500–9.8700/bu+0.04−77–−55¢/BuMarch (H)11.3693
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6300–9.7500/bu+0.02−79–−67¢/BuMarch (H)11.3821
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6800–9.8200/bu+0.02−74–−60¢/BuMarch (H)11.3693
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9700/bu+0.02−45¢/BuMarch (H)11.6600
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9200–10.0700/bu+0.02−50–−35¢/BuMarch (H)11.5550

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4200–4.5300/bu+0.08−40–−29¢/BuMarch (H)4.3205
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4200–4.5800/bu+0.08−40–−24¢/BuMarch (H)4.3975
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4300–4.6900/bu+0.08−39–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.3575
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4000–4.5400/bu+0.08−42–−28¢/BuMarch (H)4.2704
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1900–4.5200/bu+0.08−63–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.1932
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3500–4.5200/bu+0.03−47–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.2961
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6300–4.6400/bu+0.08−19–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.5125
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.