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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Aug 28
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7200–9.8600/bu+0.01−76–−62¢/BuNovember (X)9.5473
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6800–9.7800/bu+0.04−80–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.4561
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7300–9.8800/bu+0.01−75–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.6093
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7300–9.8800/bu+0.01−75–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.4493
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3325–9.7800/bu+0.01−95–−70¢/BuSeptember (U)9.3317
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7300–9.8600/bu+0.01−75–−62¢/BuNovember (X)9.5293
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8800/bu+0.01−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.7500
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.0300–10.2300/bu+0.01−45–−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.8150

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6300–3.7000/bu+0.04−47–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7698
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5850–3.7700/bu+0.03−27–−33¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7536
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6500–3.7500/bu+0.07−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8743
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6400–3.7300/bu+0.04−46–−37¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7136
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4150–3.7200/bu+0.04−44–−38¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5058
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5050–3.8000/bu+0.03−35–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7054
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8250–3.8500/bu+0.03−3–−25¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9425
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.