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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Nov 4
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3150–10.4150/bu+0.18−90–−80¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4465
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3450–10.7025/bu+0.43−87–−38¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4508
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2050–10.4150/bu+0.15−101–−80¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4932
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3350–10.4650/bu+0.12−88–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3946
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0850–10.6250/bu+0.43−113–−59¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4275
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3650–10.4150/bu+0.15−85–−80¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3575
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4150/bu+0.12−80¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6925
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.5150–10.9650/bu—−70–−25¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8125

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8350–3.9350/bu+0.03−48–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9870
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8050–3.9750/bu+0.03−51–−34¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8783
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8550–3.9550/bu+0.03−46–−36¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0650
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8950–4.0350/bu+0.00−42–−28¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8636
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6350–4.1650/bu+0.03−68–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7467
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9150–4.0150/bu+0.03−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8521
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0650–4.0950/bu+0.03−25–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0100
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.