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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Sep 18
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5450–9.7250/bu+0.06−83–−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.5745
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5450–9.6550/bu+0.06−83–−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.5525
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5250–9.6450/bu+0.06−85–−73¢/BuNovember (X)9.6325
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5750–9.6350/bu+0.06−80–−74¢/BuNovember (X)9.4854
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3750–9.6750/bu+0.06−100–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.3725
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5750–9.6750/bu+0.06−80–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.4582
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7750/bu+0.06−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.8325
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.8750–10.1750/bu+0.06−50–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.9225

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7575–3.8375/bu+0.03−48–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8915
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7075–3.9775/bu+0.03−53–−26¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8486
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7675–4.0375/bu+0.03−47–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9361
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7375–3.7875/bu+0.05−50–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7918
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5175–3.8575/bu+0.03−72–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6492
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6575–3.9375/bu+0.03−58–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8361
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9375–3.9475/bu+0.03−30–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8775
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.