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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Aug 20
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6100–9.8100/bu+0.02−75–−55¢/BuNovember (X)9.5415
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4000–9.7100/bu+0.02−75–−65¢/BuSeptember (U)9.4750
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6600–9.8100/bu+0.02−70–−55¢/BuNovember (X)9.5236
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6100–9.7600/bu+0.02−75–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.4079
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2500–9.6800/bu+0.02−90–−68¢/BuSeptember (U)9.2983
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6100–9.7700/bu+0.08−75–−59¢/BuNovember (X)9.4693
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7900/bu+0.02−57¢/BuNovember (X)9.6900
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9100–10.1100/bu+0.02−45–−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.7500

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5500–3.6200/bu+0.01−25–−18¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8150
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5100–3.7200/bu+0.01−29–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7381
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5900–3.7300/bu+0.01−21–−7¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8979
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5300–3.6800/bu+0.01−27–−12¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7364
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3600–3.6400/bu+0.01−44–−16¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5500
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4500–3.7200/bu+0.03−35–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7093
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8000/bu+0.010¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9550
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.