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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Sep 17
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6075–9.7875/bu+0.06−83–−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.5820
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6075–9.7175/bu+0.04−83–−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.5600
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5875–9.7075/bu+0.06−85–−73¢/BuNovember (X)9.6114
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6375–9.6975/bu+0.06−80–−74¢/BuNovember (X)9.5143
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4375–9.7375/bu+0.01−100–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.3883
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6375–9.7375/bu+0.10−80–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.4686
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8375/bu+0.06−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.8650
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9375–10.1875/bu+0.06−50–−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.9450

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7875–3.8675/bu+0.03−48–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9765
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7375–4.0775/bu+0.03−53–−19¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9275
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7975–4.0675/bu+0.03−47–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0132
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7875–3.8175/bu+0.03−48–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8618
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5475–3.8875/bu+0.10−72–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7192
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6875–3.9675/bu+0.06−58–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9089
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9675–3.9775/bu+0.03−30–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9675
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.