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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Oct 3
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4000–9.4600/bu+0.06−78–−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.8025
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3300–9.4500/bu+0.06−85–−73¢/BuNovember (X)9.7164
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3300–9.4800/bu+0.06−85–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.8589
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2800–9.4500/bu+0.06−90–−73¢/BuNovember (X)9.6746
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1800–9.4800/bu+0.06−100–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.6392
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2800–9.4500/bu+0.06−90–−73¢/BuNovember (X)9.6518
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4600/bu+0.13−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.8925
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.4800–9.7300/bu+0.11−70–−45¢/BuNovember (X)10.0175

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7100–3.7900/bu+0.03−48–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9675
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6500–3.7900/bu+0.06−54–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9619
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7200–3.7900/bu+0.03−47–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0661
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7300–3.7400/bu+0.03−46–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8975
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5400–3.9100/bu+0.23−65–−28¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8008
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7400–3.8900/bu+0.07−45–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8975
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8900/bu+0.03−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0225
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.