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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Oct 1
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3800–9.4100/bu+0.11−75–−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.9800
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2800–9.4000/bu+0.11−85–−73¢/BuNovember (X)9.8856
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2800–9.3900/bu+0.11−85–−74¢/BuNovember (X)10.0271
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2300–9.4000/bu+0.11−90–−73¢/BuNovember (X)9.8514
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1300–9.4300/bu+0.11−100–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.7883
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2300–9.4300/bu+0.11−90–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.8471
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5300/bu+0.11−60¢/BuNovember (X)10.0850
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.4800–9.6800/bu+0.11−65–−45¢/BuNovember (X)10.1950

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6850–3.7650/bu+0.01−48–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0570
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6550–3.7650/bu+0.02−51–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0628
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6950–3.8150/bu+0.01−47–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1393
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7050–3.7350/bu+0.01−46–−43¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9693
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.2650–3.8450/bu+0.04−90–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8983
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5850–3.8650/bu+0.01−58–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9807
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8650–3.8750/bu+0.01−30–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1000
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.