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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Aug 19
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5875–9.7875/bu+0.12−75–−55¢/BuNovember (X)9.5003
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3800–9.6375/bu+0.13−75–−70¢/BuSeptember (U)9.4844
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6375–9.7875/bu+0.13−70–−55¢/BuNovember (X)9.4829
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5875–9.7375/bu+0.08−75–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.3814
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2300–9.6575/bu+0.08−90–−68¢/BuSeptember (U)9.2983
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6875–9.7475/bu+0.13−65–−59¢/BuNovember (X)9.4286
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7675/bu+0.13−57¢/BuNovember (X)9.6350
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.8875–10.1875/bu+0.08−45–−15¢/BuNovember (X)9.7200

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5450–3.6150/bu+0.04−25–−18¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8090
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5050–3.7150/bu+0.05−29–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7333
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5850–3.7250/bu+0.04−21–−7¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8929
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5250–3.6750/bu+0.04−27–−12¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7386
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3650–3.6350/bu+0.04−43–−16¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5417
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4750–3.7150/bu+0.04−32–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7043
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7950/bu+0.040¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9500
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.