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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Oct 16
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3575–9.4075/bu+0.04−75–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.3125
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2975–9.5775/bu+0.04−81–−53¢/BuNovember (X)9.2975
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2575–9.4075/bu+0.04−85–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.3689
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2875–9.3875/bu+0.04−82–−72¢/BuNovember (X)9.1661
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1075–9.5175/bu+0.04−100–−59¢/BuNovember (X)9.2442
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2575–9.4075/bu+0.04−85–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.1546
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4075/bu+0.04−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.4125
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.4575–9.9075/bu+0.04−65–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.6825

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7375–3.8175/bu+0.05−48–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8045
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7075–3.8675/bu+0.05−51–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7508
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7475–3.7975/bu+0.05−47–−42¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9261
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7675–3.8175/bu+0.05−45–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6975
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4275–4.0175/bu+0.11−79–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5592
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7175–3.9175/bu+0.05−50–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6661
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9675–3.9975/bu+0.05−25–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8275
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.