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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Sep 22
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7575–3.7675/bu+0.02−46–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8521
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3175–3.8375/bu+0.13−90–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7183
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6375–3.9175/bu+0.02−58–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9107
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9175–3.9275/bu+0.02−30–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9400
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7375–3.8175/bu+0.02−48–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9520
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6875–3.8175/bu+0.02−53–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9572
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7475–3.9175/bu+0.02−47–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0136

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2800–9.3900/bu+0.15−83–−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.8265
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2600–9.5900/bu+0.17−85–−52¢/BuNovember (X)9.8192
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3100–9.3800/bu+0.11−80–−73¢/BuNovember (X)9.8496
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3100–9.3700/bu+0.15−80–−74¢/BuNovember (X)9.7239
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1100–9.4100/bu+0.15−100–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.6458
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3100–9.4100/bu+0.15−80–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.7068
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5100/bu+0.15−60¢/BuNovember (X)10.0425
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.6100–9.9600/bu+0.15−50–−15¢/BuNovember (X)10.1825
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.