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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Feb 20
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7050–9.8350/bu+0.17−75–−62¢/BuMarch (H)10.9308
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7050–10.0050/bu+0.14−75–−45¢/BuMarch (H)10.9897
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7850–9.8850/bu+0.15−67–−57¢/BuMarch (H)10.8546
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6550–9.8550/bu+0.14−80–−60¢/BuMarch (H)10.9432
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7050–9.8750/bu+0.14−75–−58¢/BuMarch (H)11.0418
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7350–9.8550/bu+0.16−72–−60¢/BuMarch (H)10.9704
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0250/bu+0.18−43¢/BuMarch (H)11.2375
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.8550–10.2550/bu+0.04−60–−20¢/BuMarch (H)11.1475

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6000–4.7300/bu+0.01−38–−25¢/BuMarch (H)3.9578
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6100–4.8400/bu+0.01−37–−14¢/BuMarch (H)4.0222
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5600–4.8700/bu+0.01−42–−11¢/BuMarch (H)4.0157
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5700–4.7500/bu+0.01−41–−23¢/BuMarch (H)3.9071
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5000–4.6800/bu+0.03−48–−30¢/BuMarch (H)3.9000
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5100–4.6500/bu+0.01−47–−33¢/BuMarch (H)3.9257
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8800/bu+0.05−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.1300
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.