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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Aug 21
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8100–9.9600/bu+0.20−75–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.3528
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5950–9.9100/bu+0.20−75–−65¢/BuSeptember (U)9.2350
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8600–10.0100/bu+0.20−70–−55¢/BuNovember (X)9.3107
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8100–9.9600/bu+0.20−75–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.2007
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3950–9.8800/bu+0.15−95–−68¢/BuSeptember (U)9.0733
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8100–9.9700/bu+0.20−75–−59¢/BuNovember (X)9.2693
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9900/bu+0.20−57¢/BuNovember (X)9.4900
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.1100–10.3100/bu+0.20−45–−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.5500

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6225–3.6925/bu+0.07−25–−18¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7790
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5625–3.7925/bu+0.05−31–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7017
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6325–3.7725/bu+0.04−24–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8579
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6025–3.7525/bu+0.07−27–−12¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6893
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4425–3.7125/bu+0.08−43–−16¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5183
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4725–3.7925/bu+0.02−40–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6621
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8725/bu+0.070¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9150
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.