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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Sep 2
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6500–9.8100/bu+0.14−76–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.7120
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5600–9.7100/bu+0.14−85–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.5944
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5700–9.7600/bu+0.18−84–−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.7686
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5800–9.7100/bu+0.22−83–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.6157
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3600–9.7100/bu+0.06−105–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.4967
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6300–9.7900/bu+0.17−78–−62¢/BuNovember (X)9.7014
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8100/bu+0.14−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.9200
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9100–10.1600/bu+0.19−50–−25¢/BuNovember (X)10.0050

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7600–3.8300/bu+0.03−47–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9245
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7100–3.8900/bu—−32–−34¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8694
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7600–3.8400/bu+0.01−47–−39¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0125
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7300–3.8400/bu+0.01−50–−39¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8189
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6100–3.8300/bu+0.07−62–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7213
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6800–3.8300/bu+0.05−35–−40¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8357
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9600/bu+0.03−27¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0925
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.