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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Feb 19
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5375–9.6675/bu+0.08−78–−65¢/BuMarch (H)11.0608
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5675–9.8675/bu+0.07−75–−45¢/BuMarch (H)11.1175
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6375–9.7175/bu+0.07−68–−60¢/BuMarch (H)10.9846
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5175–9.7175/bu+0.07−80–−60¢/BuMarch (H)11.0761
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5675–9.7375/bu+0.07−75–−58¢/BuMarch (H)11.1646
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5775–9.7175/bu+0.07−74–−60¢/BuMarch (H)11.1461
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8475/bu+0.07−47¢/BuMarch (H)11.3675
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.8175–10.1175/bu+0.07−50–−20¢/BuMarch (H)11.2775

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5950–4.7250/bu+0.05−38–−25¢/BuMarch (H)4.0044
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6050–4.8350/bu+0.02−37–−14¢/BuMarch (H)4.0800
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5550–4.8650/bu+0.05−42–−11¢/BuMarch (H)4.0657
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5650–4.7450/bu+0.04−41–−23¢/BuMarch (H)3.9586
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4750–4.6750/bu+0.07−50–−30¢/BuMarch (H)3.9271
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5050–4.6450/bu+0.05−47–−33¢/BuMarch (H)3.9629
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8350–4.8750/bu+0.04−14–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.1850
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.