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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Sep 11
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5050–9.6850/bu+0.08−83–−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.5695
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4850–9.6350/bu+0.08−85–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.5186
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4950–9.6450/bu+0.08−84–−69¢/BuNovember (X)9.6646
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5350–9.6350/bu+0.08−80–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.5404
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2850–9.5950/bu+0.08−105–−74¢/BuNovember (X)9.3675
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5750–9.6650/bu+0.07−76–−67¢/BuNovember (X)9.4975
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7350/bu+0.08−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.8325
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.8350–10.1350/bu+0.08−50–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.9925

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7175–3.7975/bu+0.03−48–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9250
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6800–3.8275/bu+0.04−31–−37¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8844
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7275–3.8975/bu+0.03−47–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9957
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7075–3.7775/bu+0.03−49–−42¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7800
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3875–3.8175/bu+0.02−81–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6683
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6475–3.8975/bu+0.03−55–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8271
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8975–3.9275/bu+0.00−30–−27¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9350
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.