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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Sep 30
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2675–9.2975/bu+0.04−75–−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.9925
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1675–9.2975/bu+0.09−85–−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.8981
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1675–9.2775/bu+0.13−85–−74¢/BuNovember (X)10.0396
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1175–9.2875/bu+0.09−90–−73¢/BuNovember (X)9.8639
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.0175–9.3175/bu+0.09−100–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.8008
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1175–9.2975/bu+0.09−90–−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.8596
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4175/bu+0.09−60¢/BuNovember (X)10.0975
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.3675–9.5675/bu+0.14−65–−45¢/BuNovember (X)10.2075

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6750–3.7550/bu+0.06−48–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0220
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6350–3.7550/bu+0.05−52–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0278
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6850–3.8050/bu+0.06−47–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1043
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6950–3.7550/bu+0.06−46–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9343
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3050–3.8350/bu+0.01−85–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8633
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5750–3.8550/bu+0.06−58–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9457
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8550–3.8650/bu+0.06−30–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0650
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.