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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Oct 24
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6675–9.7675/bu+0.03−75–−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.3155
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6075–9.9875/bu+0.03−81–−43¢/BuNovember (X)9.3164
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5675–9.7675/bu+0.03−85–−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.3661
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5975–9.7175/bu+0.03−82–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.1775
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4175–9.9275/bu+0.03−100–−49¢/BuNovember (X)9.2575
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6575–9.7175/bu+0.03−76–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.1632
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6875/bu+0.03−73¢/BuNovember (X)9.4775
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.8175–10.3175/bu+0.03−60–−10¢/BuNovember (X)9.6975

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7525–3.8525/bu+0.05−48–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9025
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7225–3.8925/bu+0.05−51–−34¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8225
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7625–3.8325/bu+0.05−47–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9982
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7825–3.8325/bu+0.05−45–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7854
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5825–3.9825/bu+0.05−65–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6442
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7325–3.9325/bu+0.07−50–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7482
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9825/bu+0.05−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9025
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.