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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Sep 24
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2900–9.3700/bu+0.03−80–−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.9625
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2400–9.4700/bu+0.03−85–−62¢/BuNovember (X)9.9314
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2900–9.4900/bu+0.03−80–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.9896
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2900–9.3500/bu+0.03−80–−74¢/BuNovember (X)9.8496
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.0900–9.3900/bu+0.03−100–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.7992
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2900–9.3700/bu+0.03−80–−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.8639
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4900/bu+0.03−60¢/BuNovember (X)10.1825
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.4900–9.9400/bu+0.13−60–−15¢/BuNovember (X)10.2375

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7625–3.8425/bu+0.02−48–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9565
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7125–3.8425/bu+0.02−53–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9581
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7725–3.9925/bu+0.02−47–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0382
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7825–3.7925/bu+0.02−46–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8454
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3425–3.8625/bu+0.06−90–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7325
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6625–3.9425/bu+0.02−58–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9039
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9425–3.9525/bu+0.02−30–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9575
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.