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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Oct 15
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3150–9.3650/bu—−75–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.2200
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2550–9.3850/bu—−81–−68¢/BuNovember (X)9.1422
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2150–9.3650/bu—−85–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.2814
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2450–9.3450/bu—−82–−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.0829
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.0650–9.4650/bu—−100–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.0550
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2150–9.3650/bu—−85–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.0729
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3650/bu—−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.3250
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.4150–9.8150/bu—−65–−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.6000

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6875–3.7675/bu+0.04−48–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7765
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6575–3.8175/bu+0.04−51–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7308
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6975–3.7475/bu+0.04−47–−42¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9032
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7175–3.7675/bu+0.04−45–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7018
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3175–3.9675/bu+0.09−85–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5925
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6675–3.8675/bu+0.09−50–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6618
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9175/bu+0.04−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8075
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.