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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Jul 29
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4950–9.7050/bu+0.02−60–−39¢/BuNovember (X)10.2495
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4150–9.7250/bu+0.03−48–−37¢/BuSeptember (U)10.2881
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5950–9.6950/bu+0.02−50–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.1839
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5950–10.5450/bu+0.02−50–+45¢/BuNovember (X)10.2254
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2650–9.5650/bu+0.03−63–−53¢/BuSeptember (U)9.9792
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6450–9.7750/bu+0.02−45–−32¢/BuNovember (X)10.1168
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7950/bu+0.02−30¢/BuNovember (X)10.2625
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.7950–10.0450/bu+0.02−30–−5¢/BuNovember (X)10.3825

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6425–3.7725/bu+0.05−25–−12¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0135
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6225–3.8625/bu+0.05−27–−3¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9364
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7425–3.9325/bu+0.05−15–+4¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0818
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7025–3.8225/bu+0.05−19–−7¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9318
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4725–3.7925/bu+0.10−42–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7642
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6925–3.8125/bu+0.05−20–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9189
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9225–3.9325/bu+0.05+3–+4¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1375
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.