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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Aug 7
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3175–9.4775/bu+0.09−62–−46¢/BuNovember (X)9.9178
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.0900–9.4375/bu+0.02−65–−50¢/BuSeptember (U)9.8014
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3875–9.4875/bu+0.09−55–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.8854
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1875–9.4375/bu+0.09−75–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.8968
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.9675–9.4575/bu+0.10−75–−48¢/BuAugust (Q)9.6842
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3875–9.5375/bu+0.09−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.8842
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5875/bu+0.09−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.0825
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.6375–9.8375/bu+0.09−30–−10¢/BuNovember (X)10.1025

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5950–3.7550/bu+0.05−25–−9¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9005
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5650–3.7950/bu+0.02−28–−5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7936
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6650–3.8750/bu+0.04−18–+3¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9825
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6450–3.7250/bu+0.05−20–−12¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7668
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4350–3.6850/bu+0.05−41–−16¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5825
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5450–3.7650/bu+0.05−30–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8108
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8450/bu+0.050¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9825
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.