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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Jun 17
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0775–10.3400/bu+0.07−60–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.2240
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0175–10.2400/bu+0.07−66–−50¢/BuNovember (X)11.3267
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0975–10.3775/bu+0.05−58–−30¢/BuNovember (X)11.1486
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0400–10.3275/bu+0.04−70–−35¢/BuJuly (N)11.2929
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8675–10.2400/bu+0.07−81–−50¢/BuNovember (X)11.3543
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2200–10.3900/bu+0.07−52–−35¢/BuJuly (N)11.2214
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4275/bu+0.00−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.5900
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.3975–10.5475/bu+0.07−28–−13¢/BuNovember (X)11.4750

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0150–4.2150/bu+0.03−30–−10¢/BuJuly (N)4.5640
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0450–4.2450/bu+0.03−27–−7¢/BuJuly (N)4.5211
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1150–4.4150/bu+0.03−20–+10¢/BuJuly (N)4.6300
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0650–4.2650/bu+0.03−25–−5¢/BuJuly (N)4.5171
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8550–4.1750/bu+0.03−46–−14¢/BuJuly (N)4.3300
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0650–4.1650/bu+0.03−25–−15¢/BuJuly (N)4.4543
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3350–4.3550/bu+0.01+2–+4¢/BuJuly (N)4.6500
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.