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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Aug 6
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2250–9.4050/bu+0.06−62–−44¢/BuNovember (X)10.0520
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1050–9.4450/bu+0.08−55–−40¢/BuSeptember (U)9.9308
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2950–9.3950/bu+0.06−55–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.9904
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.0950–9.3450/bu+0.06−75–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.9961
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.8650–9.3650/bu+0.08−75–−48¢/BuAugust (Q)9.7875
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2950–9.4450/bu+0.06−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.0018
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4950/bu+0.06−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.1825
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.5450–9.7450/bu+0.06−30–−10¢/BuNovember (X)10.2225

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5475–3.6975/bu+0.02−25–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9365
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5475–3.7475/bu+0.02−25–−5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8447
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6275–3.8275/bu+0.02−17–+3¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0296
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5975–3.7375/bu+0.02−20–−6¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8439
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3875–3.6375/bu+0.02−41–−16¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6375
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4975–3.7175/bu+0.02−30–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8425
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7975/bu+0.020¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0325
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.