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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Jun 18
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0825–10.3175/bu+0.01−60–−43¢/BuNovember (X)—
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0225–10.2475/bu+0.01−66–−50¢/BuNovember (X)—
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1025–10.3825/bu+0.01−58–−30¢/BuNovember (X)—
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0475–10.3325/bu+0.01−70–−35¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8025–10.2475/bu+0.07−88–−50¢/BuNovember (X)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2275–10.3825/bu+0.01−52–−30¢/BuJuly (N)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4325/bu+0.01−25¢/BuNovember (X)—
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.3825–10.5475/bu+0.02−30–−20¢/BuNovember (X)—

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0350–4.2350/bu+0.02−30–−10¢/BuJuly (N)—
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0650–4.2650/bu+0.02−27–−7¢/BuJuly (N)—
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1350–4.4350/bu+0.02−20–+10¢/BuJuly (N)—
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0850–4.2850/bu+0.02−25–−5¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9250–4.1950/bu+0.07−41–−14¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0850–4.1850/bu+0.02−25–−15¢/BuJuly (N)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3550–4.3750/bu+0.02+2–+4¢/BuJuly (N)—
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.