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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Sep 5
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4400–9.6200/bu+0.06−83–−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.6040
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4200–9.5700/bu+0.06−85–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.5011
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4500–9.5800/bu+0.04−82–−69¢/BuNovember (X)9.6571
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4700–9.5700/bu+0.06−80–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.5429
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2200–9.6700/bu+0.06−105–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.3750
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5200–9.6200/bu+0.06−75–−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.5429
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6700/bu+0.06−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.8250
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.7700–10.0200/bu+0.06−50–−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.9150

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6900–3.7800/bu+0.02−49–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9185
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7000–3.8400/bu+0.02−48–−34¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8508
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7100–3.8400/bu+0.02−47–−34¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9925
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6800–3.7300/bu+0.02−50–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7925
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.2200–3.8000/bu+0.24−96–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6625
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6300–3.8800/bu+0.07−55–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8125
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8900–3.9100/bu+0.00−29–−27¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0125
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.