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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Sep 16
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6675–9.8475/bu+0.07−83–−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.5150
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6475–9.7775/bu+0.07−85–−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.4767
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6475–9.8075/bu+0.07−85–−69¢/BuNovember (X)9.5600
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6975–9.8475/bu+0.07−80–−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.4300
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4475–9.7975/bu+0.07−105–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.3217
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7375–9.7975/bu+0.07−76–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.4214
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8975/bu+0.07−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.7850
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9975–10.4975/bu+0.07−50–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.9100

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8150–3.8950/bu+0.06−48–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9990
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7650–4.0350/bu+0.03−53–−26¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9072
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8250–4.0950/bu+0.06−47–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0207
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8150–3.8750/bu+0.05−48–−42¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8593
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6450–3.9150/bu+0.06−65–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7200
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7450–3.9950/bu+0.06−55–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9079
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9950–4.0050/bu+0.06−30–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9650
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.