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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Oct 17
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4450–9.4950/bu+0.09−75–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.1250
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3850–9.6650/bu+0.09−81–−53¢/BuNovember (X)9.1256
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3450–9.4950/bu+0.09−85–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.1843
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3750–9.4750/bu+0.09−82–−72¢/BuNovember (X)8.9814
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1950–9.6050/bu+0.09−100–−59¢/BuNovember (X)9.0633
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4350–9.4950/bu+0.18−76–−70¢/BuNovember (X)8.9700
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4950/bu+0.09−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.2250
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.5450–9.9950/bu+0.09−65–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.4950

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7450–3.8450/bu+0.01−48–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7835
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7150–3.8750/bu+0.01−51–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7331
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7550–3.8050/bu+0.01−47–−42¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9061
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7750–3.8250/bu+0.01−45–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6746
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4250–4.0250/bu+0.00−80–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5392
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7250–3.9250/bu+0.01−50–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6418
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9750–4.0050/bu+0.01−25–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7925
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.