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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Oct 8
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5450–9.5950/bu+0.08−75–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.6225
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4450–9.5750/bu+0.08−85–−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.5303
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4450–9.5950/bu+0.08−85–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.6868
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4750–9.5650/bu+0.16−82–−73¢/BuNovember (X)9.4839
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2950–9.6950/bu+0.08−100–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.3992
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3950–9.5650/bu+0.08−90–−73¢/BuNovember (X)9.4811
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5750/bu+0.08−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.7125
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.5950–9.9950/bu+0.08−70–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.8825

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7400–3.8200/bu+0.02−48–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9340
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7100–3.8200/bu+0.02−51–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8989
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7500–3.8200/bu+0.02−47–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0429
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7600–3.8000/bu+0.02−46–−42¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8571
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4200–4.0200/bu+0.12−80–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7617
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6700–3.9200/bu+0.02−55–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8357
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9400–3.9700/bu+0.02−28–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9700
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.