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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Feb 21
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6450–9.8550/bu+0.06−75–−54¢/BuMarch (H)10.7780
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6450–9.9450/bu+0.06−75–−45¢/BuMarch (H)10.8422
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7250–9.8725/bu+0.06−67–−70¢/BuMarch (H)10.7214
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6550–9.7950/bu—−74–−60¢/BuMarch (H)10.7971
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6450–9.8450/bu+0.06−75–−55¢/BuMarch (H)10.9229
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6750–9.8525/bu+0.06−72¢/BuMarch (H)10.8229
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9650/bu+0.06−43¢/BuMarch (H)11.0900
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.7950–10.1950/bu+0.06−60–−20¢/BuMarch (H)11.0000

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5325–4.6625/bu+0.07−38–−25¢/BuMarch (H)3.8965
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5525–4.7725/bu+0.06−36–−14¢/BuMarch (H)3.9575
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4925–4.8025/bu+0.07−42–−11¢/BuMarch (H)3.9532
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5125–4.7125/bu+0.06−40–−20¢/BuMarch (H)3.8575
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4125–4.6125/bu+0.09−50–−30¢/BuMarch (H)3.8475
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4425–4.5825/bu+0.07−47–−33¢/BuMarch (H)3.8618
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8125/bu+0.07−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.0675
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.