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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Aug 14
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5750–9.7350/bu+0.22−71–−55¢/BuNovember (X)9.4320
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3750–9.6350/bu+0.22−70–−65¢/BuSeptember (U)9.4150
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6350–9.7550/bu+0.16−65–−53¢/BuNovember (X)9.4079
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5350–9.7350/bu+0.16−75–−55¢/BuNovember (X)9.2764
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1750–9.6650/bu+0.44−90–−62¢/BuSeptember (U)9.2300
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6850–9.7450/bu+0.16−60–−54¢/BuNovember (X)9.3864
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8350/bu+0.16−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.5850
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.8350–10.1850/bu+0.21−45–−10¢/BuNovember (X)9.6850

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5000–3.5900/bu+0.01−25–−16¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8030
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4200–3.6700/bu+0.05−33–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7211
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5400–3.6900/bu+0.01−21–−6¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9029
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5500–3.6300/bu+0.01−20–−12¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7343
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3200–3.5900/bu+0.01−43–−16¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5133
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4000–3.6700/bu+0.01−35–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6900
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7500/bu+0.010¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9650
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.