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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Sep 12
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6325–9.8125/bu+0.13−83–−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.5215
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6125–9.7625/bu+0.13−85–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.4736
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6125–9.7725/bu+0.12−85–−69¢/BuNovember (X)9.6196
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6625–9.7625/bu+0.13−80–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.4954
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4125–9.8625/bu+0.13−105–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.3208
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7025–9.7625/bu+0.13−76–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.4511
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8625/bu+0.13−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.7875
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9625–10.4625/bu+0.13−50–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.9475

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8200–3.9000/bu+0.10−48–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9975
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7800–3.9300/bu+0.10−21–−37¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9569
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8300–3.9800/bu+0.10−47–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0682
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8100–3.8800/bu+0.10−49–−42¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8525
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5000–3.9200/bu+0.11−80–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7408
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7500–4.0000/bu+0.10−55–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8996
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0000–4.0100/bu+0.10−30–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0075
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.