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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Sep 26
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3375–9.4175/bu+0.02−80–−72¢/BuNovember (X)10.0875
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2875–9.5175/bu+0.02−85–−62¢/BuNovember (X)10.0242
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3275–9.4875/bu+0.03−81–−65¢/BuNovember (X)10.0918
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3875–9.3975/bu+0.02−75–−74¢/BuNovember (X)9.9704
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1375–9.4375/bu+0.02−100–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.9108
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3375–9.4175/bu+0.02−80–−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.9889
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5375/bu+0.02−60¢/BuNovember (X)10.2075
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.5375–9.8375/bu+0.02−60–−30¢/BuNovember (X)10.2925

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7400–3.8200/bu+0.04−48–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9590
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6800–3.8200/bu+0.04−54–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9811
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7500–3.8700/bu+0.04−47–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0586
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7600–3.7700/bu+0.04−46–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8729
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3200–3.8700/bu+0.04−90–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7600
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6400–3.9200/bu+0.04−58–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8957
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9200–3.9300/bu+0.04−30–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9750
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.