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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Feb 18
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6150–9.7350/bu+0.03−77–−65¢/BuMarch (H)11.2433
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6350–9.8950/bu+0.03−75–−49¢/BuMarch (H)11.2967
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7050–9.7850/bu+0.03−68–−60¢/BuMarch (H)11.1671
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5850–9.7850/bu+0.03−80–−60¢/BuMarch (H)11.2586
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6350–9.9850/bu+0.03−75–−40¢/BuMarch (H)11.3471
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6450–9.7650/bu+0.03−74–−62¢/BuMarch (H)11.3286
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9150/bu+0.03−47¢/BuMarch (H)11.5500
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.8850–10.1850/bu+0.03−50–−20¢/BuMarch (H)11.4500

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6400–4.7700/bu+0.06−38–−25¢/BuMarch (H)4.0742
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6200–4.8500/bu+0.06−40–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.1564
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6000–4.9100/bu+0.06−42–−11¢/BuMarch (H)4.1418
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6000–4.7600/bu+0.07−42–−26¢/BuMarch (H)4.0361
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4100–4.7700/bu+0.06−61–−25¢/BuMarch (H)4.0018
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5500–4.6800/bu+0.06−47–−34¢/BuMarch (H)4.0389
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8700–4.8800/bu+0.06−15–−14¢/BuMarch (H)4.2625
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.