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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Sep 29
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3050–9.3850/bu+0.03−80–−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.9890
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2550–9.3850/bu+0.03−85–−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.9144
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2950–9.3750/bu+0.03−81–−73¢/BuNovember (X)10.0200
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2050–9.3750/bu+0.18−90–−73¢/BuNovember (X)9.8500
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1050–9.4050/bu+0.03−100–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.7983
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2050–9.3850/bu+0.13−90–−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.8786
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5050/bu+0.03−60¢/BuNovember (X)10.1200
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.5050–9.6550/bu+0.03−60–−45¢/BuNovember (X)10.2050

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7350–3.8150/bu+0.01−48–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9945
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6850–3.8150/bu+0.01−53–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0286
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7450–3.8650/bu+0.01−47–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0889
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7550–3.7650/bu+0.01−46–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9332
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3150–3.8650/bu+0.01−90–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8242
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6350–3.9150/bu+0.01−58–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9189
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9150–3.9250/bu+0.01−30–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0325
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.