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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Aug 8
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2250–9.4150/bu+0.09−65–−46¢/BuNovember (X)9.8573
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.0275–9.3750/bu+0.06−65–−50¢/BuSeptember (U)9.7817
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3150–9.4250/bu+0.07−56–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.8207
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1250–9.3750/bu+0.06−75–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.8107
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.9175–9.3750/bu+0.05−75–−50¢/BuAugust (Q)9.6150
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3250–9.4750/bu+0.06−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.8183
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4250/bu+0.16−45¢/BuNovember (X)10.0250
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.5250–9.7750/bu+0.11−35–−10¢/BuNovember (X)10.0400

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5775–3.7375/bu+0.02−25–−9¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8635
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5475–3.7775/bu+0.02−28–−5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7619
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6475–3.8275/bu+0.02−18–0¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9504
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6275–3.7075/bu+0.02−20–−12¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7418
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4075–3.6675/bu+0.03−42–−16¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5492
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5275–3.7475/bu+0.02−30–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7775
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8275/bu+0.020¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9575
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.