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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Oct 2
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4575–9.5175/bu+0.08−78–−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.8800
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3875–9.5075/bu+0.11−85–−73¢/BuNovember (X)9.7878
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3875–9.4975/bu+0.11−85–−74¢/BuNovember (X)9.9414
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3375–9.5075/bu+0.11−90–−73¢/BuNovember (X)9.7443
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2375–9.5375/bu+0.11−100–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.6883
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3375–9.5175/bu+0.11−90–−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.7543
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5875/bu+0.06−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.9750
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.5875–9.7875/bu+0.11−65–−45¢/BuNovember (X)10.1000

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7375–3.8175/bu+0.05−48–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0065
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7075–3.8175/bu+0.05−51–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9969
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7475–3.8475/bu+0.05−47–−37¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0996
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7575–3.7675/bu+0.05−46–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9296
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3075–3.9375/bu+0.04−91–−28¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8608
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6675–3.9175/bu+0.08−55–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9354
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9175/bu+0.05−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0575
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.