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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Aug 12
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6775–9.8275/bu+0.22−65–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.4038
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4775–9.7775/bu+0.21−65–−55¢/BuSeptember (U)9.3739
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6775–9.8375/bu+0.17−65–−49¢/BuNovember (X)9.3664
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5775–9.8275/bu+0.22−75–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.2983
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4975–9.7475/bu+0.21−63–−58¢/BuSeptember (U)9.1900
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7275–9.8275/bu+0.17−60–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.3407
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8775/bu+0.22−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.6250
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9275–10.2275/bu+0.22−40–−10¢/BuNovember (X)9.6300

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4650–3.5850/bu+0.14−25–−13¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8445
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4450–3.6650/bu+0.16−27–−5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7631
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5050–3.6550/bu+0.17−21–−6¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9389
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5150–3.6150/bu+0.14−20–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7508
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3050–3.5550/bu+0.14−41–−16¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5458
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3650–3.6350/bu+0.19−35–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7289
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7150/bu+0.140¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9925
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.