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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Aug 27
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7150–9.8550/bu+0.03−76–−62¢/BuNovember (X)9.4305
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7150–9.8250/bu+0.02−76–−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.3400
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7250–9.8750/bu+0.07−75–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.4400
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7250–9.8750/bu+0.02−75–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.3657
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3225–9.7750/bu+0.02−95–−70¢/BuSeptember (U)9.2500
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7250–9.8550/bu+0.02−75–−62¢/BuNovember (X)9.3814
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8750/bu+0.02−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.6200
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.0250–10.2250/bu+0.02−45–−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.7000

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5900–3.6600/bu+0.04−47–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6980
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5550–3.7300/bu+0.05−27–−33¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6781
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5850–3.7100/bu+0.05−24–−35¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8132
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6000–3.7050/bu+0.04−46–−12¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6182
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3750–3.6800/bu+0.05−45–−38¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4308
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4750–3.7600/bu+0.05−35–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6182
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7950–3.8100/bu+0.03−3–−25¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8975
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.