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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Oct 9
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4725–9.5225/bu+0.07−75–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.5675
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3725–9.5525/bu+0.07−85–−67¢/BuNovember (X)9.4775
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3725–9.5225/bu+0.07−85–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.6289
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4025–9.4925/bu+0.07−82–−73¢/BuNovember (X)9.4675
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2225–9.6225/bu+0.07−100–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.3575
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3225–9.4925/bu+0.07−90–−73¢/BuNovember (X)9.4232
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5025/bu+0.07−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.6575
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.5225–9.9225/bu+0.07−70–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.8325

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7025–3.7825/bu+0.04−48–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9080
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6825–3.7825/bu+0.03−50–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8661
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7125–3.7825/bu+0.04−47–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0179
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7225–3.7625/bu+0.04−46–−42¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8400
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3825–3.9825/bu+0.04−80–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7333
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6625–3.8825/bu+0.01−52–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8221
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9325/bu+0.01−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9450
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.