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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Jul 21
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6600–9.8600/bu+0.10−60–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.8845
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6250–9.8800/bu+0.11−48–−38¢/BuSeptember (U)10.9719
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6600–9.8600/bu+0.10−60–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.7875
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7600–10.0100/bu+0.10−50–−25¢/BuNovember (X)10.9032
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4750–9.8100/bu+0.11−63–−45¢/BuSeptember (U)10.8918
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8600–9.9400/bu+0.10−40–−32¢/BuNovember (X)10.8161
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0100/bu+0.10−25¢/BuNovember (X)10.9975
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9600–10.2100/bu+0.10−30–−5¢/BuNovember (X)11.0325

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8375–3.9775/bu+0.05−20–−6¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1345
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7875–4.0375/bu+0.10−25–0¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0936
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9175–4.0575/bu+0.05−12–+2¢/BuSeptember (U)4.2368
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8975–4.0175/bu+0.05−14–−2¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0954
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6475–3.9375/bu+0.05−39–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9111
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8375–3.9775/bu+0.04−20–−6¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0682
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1375/bu+0.05+10¢/BuSeptember (U)4.2525
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.