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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Oct 10
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3175–9.3675/bu+0.16−75–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.4750
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2175–9.3875/bu+0.16−85–−68¢/BuNovember (X)9.3861
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2175–9.3675/bu+0.16−85–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.5364
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2475–9.3375/bu+0.16−82–−73¢/BuNovember (X)9.3379
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.0675–9.4675/bu+0.16−100–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.2750
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1675–9.3375/bu+0.16−90–−73¢/BuNovember (X)9.3307
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3875/bu+0.12−68¢/BuNovember (X)9.5650
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.3675–9.8175/bu+0.16−70–−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.7700

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6500–3.7300/bu+0.05−48–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8805
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6300–3.7300/bu+0.05−50–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8397
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6600–3.7300/bu+0.05−47–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9975
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6700–3.7100/bu+0.05−46–−42¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8061
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.2500–3.9300/bu+0.13−88–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7042
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6300–3.8300/bu+0.03−50–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7946
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8800/bu+0.05−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9175
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.