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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Aug 4
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2225–9.5450/bu+0.06−53–−40¢/BuSeptember (U)10.1719
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3950–9.4950/bu+0.00−55–−45¢/BuNovember (X)10.2646
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3150–9.5450/bu+0.00−63–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.3418
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.8600–9.4550/bu+0.16−83–−49¢/BuAugust (Q)10.0725
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4450–9.5050/bu+0.05−50–−44¢/BuNovember (X)10.2792
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5950/bu+0.05−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.4075
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.6450–9.8450/bu+0.05−30–−10¢/BuNovember (X)10.5225
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3250–9.5050/bu+0.05−62–−44¢/BuNovember (X)10.3513

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6200–3.7600/bu+0.03−25–−11¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9965
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6200–3.8200/bu+0.03−25–−5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9308
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7200–3.9000/bu+0.03−15–+3¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1004
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6700–3.8300/bu+0.03−20–−4¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9261
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5000–3.7300/bu+0.01−37–−14¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7342
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5900–3.7900/bu+0.01−28–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9442
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8700/bu+0.030¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1075
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.