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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Aug 25
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7275–9.8775/bu+0.11−75–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.5235
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5050–9.8275/bu+0.11−75–−65¢/BuSeptember (U)9.4353
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7775–9.8775/bu+0.11−70–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.4989
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7275–9.8775/bu+0.11−75–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.4032
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3050–9.7775/bu+0.11−95–−70¢/BuSeptember (U)9.2875
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7275–9.8575/bu+0.21−75–−62¢/BuNovember (X)9.4546
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8775/bu+0.11−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.6575
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.0275–10.2775/bu+0.11−45–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.7375

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6425–3.7025/bu+0.23−25–−42¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6800
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6225–3.8125/bu+0.05−27–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5894
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6525–3.7725/bu+0.01−24–−12¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7743
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6225–3.7725/bu+0.20−27–−12¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5857
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4425–3.7325/bu+0.03−45–−16¢/BuSeptember (U)3.3983
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5425–3.8125/bu+0.10−35–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5786
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8525–3.8925/bu+0.24−27–0¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8650
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.