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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Aug 13
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7925–9.9425/bu+0.12−65–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.4918
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5900–9.8925/bu+0.11−65–−55¢/BuSeptember (U)9.4694
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7925–9.9525/bu+0.12−65–−49¢/BuNovember (X)9.4193
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6925–9.8925/bu+0.12−75–−55¢/BuNovember (X)9.4736
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6100–9.8225/bu+0.11−63–−62¢/BuSeptember (U)9.2567
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8425–9.9425/bu+0.12−60–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.4407
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9925/bu+0.12−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.5850
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.0425–10.3425/bu+0.12−40–−10¢/BuNovember (X)9.6700

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4900–3.5800/bu+0.03−25–−16¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8640
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4700–3.6900/bu+0.03−27–−5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7911
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5300–3.6800/bu+0.03−21–−6¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9729
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5400–3.6200/bu+0.03−20–−12¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7857
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3100–3.5800/bu+0.01−43–−16¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5867
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3900–3.6600/bu+0.03−35–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7557
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7400/bu+0.030¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0250
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.