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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Sep 15
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5975–9.7775/bu+0.04−83–−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.4990
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5775–9.7075/bu+0.04−85–−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.4639
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5775–9.7375/bu+0.04−85–−69¢/BuNovember (X)9.5307
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6275–9.7775/bu+0.04−80–−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.5293
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3775–9.6875/bu+0.04−105–−74¢/BuNovember (X)9.3033
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6675–9.7275/bu+0.04−76–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.4050
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8275/bu+0.04−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.7700
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9275–10.4275/bu+0.04−50–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.9300

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7525–3.8325/bu+0.07−48–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9775
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7325–4.0425/bu+0.05−50–−19¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9086
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7625–3.9525/bu+0.07−47–−28¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0032
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7625–3.8125/bu+0.05−47–−42¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8275
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5825–3.8525/bu+0.08−65–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7158
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6825–3.9325/bu+0.07−55–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8789
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9325–3.9425/bu+0.07−30–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9825
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.