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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Sep 4
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5000–9.6800/bu+0.02−83–−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.8090
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4800–9.6300/bu+0.02−85–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.7383
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4900–9.6800/bu+0.02−84–−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.8493
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5300–9.6300/bu+0.02−80–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.6993
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2800–9.7300/bu+0.02−105–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.5600
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5800–9.7100/bu+0.02−75–−62¢/BuNovember (X)9.7507
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7300/bu+0.02−60¢/BuNovember (X)10.0350
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.8300–10.0800/bu+0.02−50–−25¢/BuNovember (X)10.1100

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7075–3.7975/bu+0.02−49–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9585
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7175–3.8575/bu+0.06−48–−34¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9200
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7275–3.8575/bu+0.02−47–−34¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0304
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6975–3.8275/bu+0.02−50–−37¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8332
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4575–3.8175/bu+0.00−74–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7075
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6975–3.8975/bu+0.02−50–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8561
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8875–3.9275/bu+0.02−31–−27¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0575
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.