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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Sep 19
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4250–9.6050/bu+0.12−83–−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.5620
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4250–9.5350/bu+0.12−83–−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.5400
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4150–9.5250/bu+0.11−84–−73¢/BuNovember (X)9.6029
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4550–9.5150/bu+0.12−80–−74¢/BuNovember (X)9.4657
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2550–9.5550/bu+0.12−100–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.3517
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4550–9.5550/bu+0.12−80–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.4386
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6550/bu+0.12−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.8200
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.7550–10.0550/bu+0.12−50–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.9100

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7600–3.8400/bu+0.00−48–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8515
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7100–3.9800/bu+0.00−53–−26¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8431
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7700–4.0400/bu+0.00−47–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8961
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7800–3.7900/bu+0.04−46–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7346
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4500–3.8600/bu+0.07−79–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6258
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6600–3.9400/bu+0.00−58–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7961
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9400–3.9500/bu+0.00−30–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8175
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.