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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Sep 9
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4825–9.6625/bu+0.03−83–−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.4795
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4625–9.6125/bu+0.03−85–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.3958
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4725–9.6225/bu+0.03−84–−69¢/BuNovember (X)9.5368
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5125–9.6125/bu+0.03−80–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.4282
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2625–9.5925/bu+0.03−105–−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.2892
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5625–9.6425/bu+0.03−75–−67¢/BuNovember (X)9.4154
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7125/bu+0.03−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.6975
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.8125–10.0625/bu+0.03−50–−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.8625

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7175–3.7975/bu+0.01−48–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9065
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6825–3.8375/bu+0.06−33–−36¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8458
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7275–3.8975/bu+0.02−47–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9739
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7075–3.7775/bu+0.02−49–−42¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7696
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6475–3.8175/bu+0.21−55–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6608
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6475–3.8975/bu+0.02−55–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7811
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9175–3.9275/bu+0.01−28–−27¢/BuDecember (Z)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.