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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Jul 28
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5150–9.7150/bu+0.10−60–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.4553
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4450–9.7450/bu+0.10−48–−37¢/BuSeptember (U)10.5250
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6150–9.7150/bu+0.10−50–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.3879
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6150–10.5650/bu+0.10−50–+45¢/BuNovember (X)10.4057
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2950–9.5850/bu+0.10−63–−53¢/BuSeptember (U)10.2329
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6650–9.7950/bu+0.10−45–−32¢/BuNovember (X)10.3054
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8150/bu+0.10−30¢/BuNovember (X)10.4450
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.8150–10.0650/bu+0.10−30–−5¢/BuNovember (X)10.5650

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6875–3.8175/bu+0.06−25–−12¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0895
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6675–3.9075/bu+0.08−27–−3¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0114
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7875–3.9775/bu+0.06−15–+4¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1668
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7475–3.8675/bu+0.06−19–−7¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0111
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5675–3.8375/bu+0.01−37–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8308
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7375–3.8575/bu+0.06−20–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9939
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9675–3.9775/bu+0.06+3–+4¢/BuSeptember (U)4.2025
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.