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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Oct 29
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0725–10.1525/bu+0.04−73–−65¢/BuNovember (X)9.2310
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9925–10.3325/bu+0.02−81–−47¢/BuNovember (X)9.2328
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0025–10.1025/bu+0.07−80–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.2579
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9825–10.0725/bu+0.02−82–−73¢/BuNovember (X)9.0889
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8025–10.3325/bu+0.02−100–−47¢/BuNovember (X)9.1600
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0325–10.1025/bu+0.01−77–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.1075
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1025/bu+0.05−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.4650
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.2025–10.6525/bu+0.02−60–−15¢/BuNovember (X)9.6535

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8600–3.9600/bu+0.02−48–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8700
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8100–4.0000/bu—−53–−34¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7750
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8100–3.9200/bu+0.02−53–−42¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9736
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9000–3.9900/bu+0.02−44–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7579
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5900–4.1400/bu+0.02−75–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6317
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8600–3.9400/bu+0.02−48–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7564
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0900/bu+0.02−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8650
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.