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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Oct 20
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5675–9.6175/bu+0.12−75–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.2440
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5075–9.7875/bu+0.12−81–−53¢/BuNovember (X)9.2456
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4675–9.6175/bu+0.12−85–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.2871
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4975–9.6175/bu+0.12−82–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.0986
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3175–9.7275/bu+0.12−100–−59¢/BuNovember (X)9.1733
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5575–9.6175/bu+0.12−76–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.0686
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6175/bu+0.12−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.3350
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.6675–10.1175/bu+0.12−65–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.5950

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7525–3.8325/bu+0.01−48–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8360
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7225–3.8925/bu+0.01−51–−34¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7772
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7625–3.8225/bu+0.01−47–−41¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9379
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7825–3.8325/bu+0.01−45–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7250
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5525–4.0325/bu+0.13−68–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5867
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7325–3.9325/bu+0.01−50–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6750
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9825–4.0125/bu+0.01−25–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8400
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.