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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Aug 18
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7025–9.8625/bu+0.01−71–−55¢/BuNovember (X)9.5023
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5075–9.7125/bu+0.02−70¢/BuSeptember (U)9.4856
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7625–9.8725/bu+0.01−65–−54¢/BuNovember (X)9.4829
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6625–9.8125/bu+0.01−75–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.3743
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3075–9.7325/bu+0.02−90–−68¢/BuSeptember (U)9.3167
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8125–9.8525/bu+0.01−60–−56¢/BuNovember (X)9.4429
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8925/bu+0.08−52¢/BuNovember (X)9.6350
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9625–10.2625/bu+0.01−45–−15¢/BuNovember (X)9.7450

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5800–3.6500/bu+0.01−25–−18¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8330
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5500–3.7500/bu+0.04−28–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7344
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6200–3.7600/bu+0.01−21–−7¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9186
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5600–3.7100/bu+0.08−27–−12¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7686
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4000–3.6700/bu+0.01−43–−16¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5567
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5100–3.7500/bu+0.02−32–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7271
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8300/bu+0.010¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9800
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.