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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Oct 30
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0925–10.2825/bu+0.02−82–−63¢/BuNovember (X)9.3150
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1825–10.4925/bu+0.19−73–−42¢/BuNovember (X)9.2950
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2125/bu+0.21−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.3693
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0925–10.1825/bu+0.11−82–−73¢/BuNovember (X)9.1807
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2125–10.5525/bu+0.41−70–−36¢/BuNovember (X)9.2133
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0625–10.2125/bu+0.03−85–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.1836
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2325/bu+0.13−68¢/BuNovember (X)9.4850
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.5125–11.1625/bu+0.31−40–+25¢/BuNovember (X)9.6890

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8225–3.9225/bu+0.04−48–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8765
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7725–3.9625/bu+0.04−53–−34¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7642
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7725–3.8825/bu+0.04−53–−42¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9804
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8625–3.9525/bu+0.04−44–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7504
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5525–4.1525/bu+0.04−75–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6325
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8025–4.0025/bu+0.06−50–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7489
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0525/bu+0.04−25¢/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.