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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Oct 31
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1775–10.3675/bu+0.09−82–−63¢/BuNovember (X)9.3455
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2675–10.5775/bu+0.09−73–−42¢/BuNovember (X)9.3214
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2975/bu+0.09−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.4189
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2575–10.2675/bu+0.17−74–−73¢/BuNovember (X)9.2732
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3175–10.5075/bu+0.11−68–−49¢/BuNovember (X)9.2825
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2975/bu+0.24−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.2161
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3175/bu+0.09−68¢/BuNovember (X)9.5375
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.5975–10.8475/bu+0.09−40–−15¢/BuNovember (X)9.7125

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8350–3.9350/bu+0.01−48–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9210
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7850–3.9750/bu+0.01−53–−34¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8206
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8550–3.8950/bu+0.08−46–−42¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0021
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8750–4.0150/bu+0.01−44–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7964
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5650–4.1650/bu+0.01−75–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6867
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9050–4.0150/bu+0.10−41–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7850
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0650–4.0950/bu+0.01−25–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9450
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.