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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Oct 23
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6975–9.7975/bu+0.10−75–−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.4005
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6375–10.0175/bu+0.10−81–−43¢/BuNovember (X)9.4003
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5975–9.7475/bu+0.10−85–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.4539
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6275–9.7475/bu+0.10−82–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.2525
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4475–9.9575/bu+0.10−100–−49¢/BuNovember (X)9.3492
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6875–9.7475/bu+0.10−76–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.2382
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7175/bu+0.10−73¢/BuNovember (X)9.5375
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.8475–10.3475/bu+0.10−60–−10¢/BuNovember (X)9.7825

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8000–3.9000/bu+0.05−48–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9650
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7700–3.9400/bu+0.05−51–−34¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8928
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8100–3.8800/bu+0.05−47–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0736
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8300–3.8800/bu+0.05−45–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8479
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6300–4.0300/bu+0.25−65–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7100
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8000–3.9800/bu+0.05−48–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8050
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0300/bu+0.05−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9650
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.