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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Aug 26
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7450–9.8750/bu+0.02−75–−62¢/BuNovember (X)9.5830
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7350–9.8450/bu+0.23−76–−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.4928
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7950–9.8950/bu+0.02−70–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.5564
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7450–9.8950/bu+0.02−75–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.4607
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3375–9.7950/bu+0.03−95–−70¢/BuSeptember (U)9.3450
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7450–9.8750/bu+0.02−75–−62¢/BuNovember (X)9.5121
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8950/bu+0.02−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.7150
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.0450–10.2450/bu+0.02−45–−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.7950

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6250–3.6950/bu+0.02−47–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7325
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6050–3.7750/bu+0.02−27–−32¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6431
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6350–3.7450/bu+0.02−24–−35¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8268
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6350–3.7550/bu+0.01−46–−12¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6382
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4250–3.7150/bu+0.02−45–−16¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4508
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5250–3.7950/bu+0.02−35–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6311
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8250–3.8750/bu+0.03−27–0¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9175
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.