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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Nov 3
● Bids as filed14 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4975/bu+0.32−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.3835
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7775/bu+0.51−42¢/BuNovember (X)9.3892
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3575/bu+0.06−84¢/BuNovember (X)9.4325
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4575–10.4675/bu+0.20−74–−73¢/BuNovember (X)9.3054
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5175–10.5975/bu+0.20−68–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.3375
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5175/bu+0.22−68¢/BuNovember (X)9.3025
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5375/bu+0.22−66¢/BuNovember (X)9.6225

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8625–3.9625/bu+0.03−48–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9530
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8325–4.0025/bu+0.05−51–−34¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8461
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8825–3.9225/bu+0.03−46–−42¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0450
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8925–4.0125/bu+0.02−45–−33¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8436
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6625–4.1925/bu+0.10−68–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7233
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9425–4.0425/bu+0.04−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8250
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0925–4.1225/bu+0.03−25–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9650
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.