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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Oct 22
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5975–9.6975/bu+0.04−75–−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.4130
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5375–9.9175/bu+0.04−81–−43¢/BuNovember (X)9.4128
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4975–9.6475/bu+0.04−85–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.4664
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5275–9.6475/bu+0.04−82–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.2650
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3475–9.7875/bu+0.04−100–−56¢/BuNovember (X)9.3650
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5875–9.6475/bu+0.04−76–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.2393
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6175/bu+0.01−73¢/BuNovember (X)9.5500
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.7475–10.2475/bu+0.09−60–−10¢/BuNovember (X)9.8050

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7500–3.8500/bu+0.03−48–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9420
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7200–3.8900/bu+0.03−51–−34¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8678
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7600–3.8300/bu+0.03−47–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0486
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7800–3.8300/bu+0.03−45–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8229
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3800–3.9800/bu+0.04−85–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6850
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7500–3.9300/bu+0.03−48–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7829
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9800–4.0100/bu+0.03−25–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9400
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.