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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Aug 5
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2875–9.4675/bu+0.04−62–−44¢/BuNovember (X)10.2028
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1850–9.5575/bu+0.04−53–−35¢/BuSeptember (U)10.0231
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3575–9.4575/bu+0.04−55–−45¢/BuNovember (X)10.1275
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1575–9.4075/bu+0.16−75–−50¢/BuNovember (X)10.0718
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.9400–9.4575/bu+0.08−75–−45¢/BuAugust (Q)9.9008
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3575–9.5075/bu+0.09−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.1018
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5575/bu+0.04−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.2675
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.6075–9.8075/bu+0.04−30–−10¢/BuNovember (X)10.3525

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5650–3.7050/bu+0.06−25–−11¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9865
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5650–3.7650/bu+0.06−25–−5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8997
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6450–3.8450/bu+0.08−17–+3¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0846
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6150–3.7550/bu+0.06−20–−6¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8932
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4050–3.6550/bu+0.10−41–−16¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7142
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5150–3.7350/bu+0.08−30–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9032
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8150/bu+0.060¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0875
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.