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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Oct 28
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0325–10.1325/bu+0.11−75–−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.1033
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9725–10.3125/bu+0.11−81–−47¢/BuNovember (X)9.1114
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9325–10.0825/bu+0.11−85–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.1582
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9625–10.0825/bu+0.11−82–−70¢/BuNovember (X)8.9925
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7825–10.3025/bu+0.11−100–−48¢/BuNovember (X)9.0525
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0225–10.0825/bu+0.11−76–−70¢/BuNovember (X)8.9846
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0525/bu+0.11−73¢/BuNovember (X)9.3463
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.1825–10.6325/bu+0.11−60–−15¢/BuNovember (X)9.5200

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8400–3.9400/bu+0.03−48–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8885
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8100–3.9800/bu+0.03−51–−34¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8175
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7900–3.9000/bu+0.03−53–−42¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9961
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8800–3.9200/bu+0.04−44–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7804
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5700–4.0700/bu+0.07−75–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6475
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8400–4.0200/bu+0.03−48–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7718
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0700/bu+0.03−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8875
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.