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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Oct 27
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9225–10.0225/bu+0.26−75–−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.1830
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8625–10.2025/bu+0.26−81–−47¢/BuNovember (X)9.1789
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8225–9.9725/bu+0.26−85–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.2286
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8525–9.9725/bu+0.26−82–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.0400
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6725–10.1825/bu+0.26−100–−49¢/BuNovember (X)9.1200
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9125–9.9725/bu+0.26−76–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.0314
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9425/bu+0.26−73¢/BuNovember (X)9.3400
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.0725–10.5725/bu+0.26−60–−10¢/BuNovember (X)9.5600

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8075–3.9075/bu+0.06−48–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8575
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7775–3.9475/bu+0.06−51–−34¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7764
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7575–3.8675/bu+0.01−53–−42¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9532
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8375–3.8875/bu+0.06−45–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7404
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6375–4.0375/bu+0.06−65–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5992
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8075–3.9875/bu+0.08−48–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7089
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0375/bu+0.06−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8575
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.