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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Jul 31
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2925–9.5025/bu+0.07−60–−39¢/BuNovember (X)10.1695
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1650–9.4925/bu+0.11−53–−40¢/BuSeptember (U)10.0294
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3925–9.4925/bu+0.07−50–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.0364
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3925–9.4925/bu+0.07−50–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.1536
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.0275–9.3425/bu+0.10−59–−55¢/BuAugust (Q)9.8383
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4625–9.5725/bu+0.07−43–−32¢/BuNovember (X)10.0733
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5925/bu+0.07−30¢/BuNovember (X)10.2150
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.5925–9.7925/bu+0.07−30–−10¢/BuNovember (X)10.3250

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6900–3.8500/bu+0.02−25–−9¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9055
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5900–3.9100/bu+0.06−35–−3¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8389
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7900–3.9600/bu+0.02−15–+2¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0129
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7400–3.8700/bu+0.01−20–−7¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8629
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5500–3.8000/bu+0.03−39–−14¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6400
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6400–3.8600/bu+0.08−30–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8817
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9600–3.9700/bu+0.01+2–+3¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0200
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.