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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Feb 6
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8350–9.9550/bu+0.04−77–−65¢/BuMarch (H)11.3840
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8550–10.1050/bu+0.04−75–−50¢/BuMarch (H)11.4461
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9050–9.9850/bu+0.04−70–−62¢/BuMarch (H)11.2936
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8050–10.0050/bu+0.01−80–−60¢/BuMarch (H)11.4207
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8150–9.9550/bu+0.04−79–−65¢/BuMarch (H)11.4779
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8650–10.0450/bu+0.04−74–−56¢/BuMarch (H)11.4179
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1450/bu+0.03−46¢/BuMarch (H)11.7100
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.1050–10.2550/bu+0.04−50–−35¢/BuMarch (H)11.5950

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5725–4.6625/bu+0.02−38–−29¢/BuMarch (H)4.2255
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5525–4.7325/bu+0.02−40–−22¢/BuMarch (H)4.2936
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5325–4.8225/bu+0.03−42–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.2682
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5225–4.7025/bu+0.02−43–−25¢/BuMarch (H)4.1696
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3325–4.7025/bu—−62–−25¢/BuMarch (H)4.0982
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4625–4.6125/bu—−49–−34¢/BuMarch (H)4.1996
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7625–4.7725/bu+0.03−19–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.4025
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.