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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Feb 5
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8000–9.9200/bu+0.20−77–−65¢/BuMarch (H)11.3450
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8200–10.0700/bu+0.18−75–−50¢/BuMarch (H)11.4022
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8700–9.9500/bu+0.18−70–−62¢/BuMarch (H)11.2486
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8000–9.9700/bu+0.18−77–−60¢/BuMarch (H)11.3800
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7800–9.9200/bu+0.18−79–−65¢/BuMarch (H)11.4343
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8300–9.9500/bu+0.18−74–−62¢/BuMarch (H)11.3729
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1200/bu+0.18−45¢/BuMarch (H)11.6650
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.0700–10.2200/bu+0.18−50–−35¢/BuMarch (H)11.5500

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5525–4.6425/bu+0.01−38–−29¢/BuMarch (H)4.2365
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5325–4.7125/bu+0.01−40–−22¢/BuMarch (H)4.3058
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5025–4.8025/bu+0.01−43–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.2782
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5025–4.6825/bu+0.01−43–−25¢/BuMarch (H)4.1782
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3325–4.6825/bu+0.00−60–−25¢/BuMarch (H)4.1054
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4625–4.5925/bu+0.00−47–−34¢/BuMarch (H)4.2096
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7325–4.7525/bu+0.01−20–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.4275
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.