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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Nov 5
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4425–10.5525/bu+0.13−90–−79¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4675
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4725–10.8075/bu+0.13−87–−39¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4875
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3425–10.5425/bu+0.14−100–−80¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5161
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4625–10.5925/bu+0.13−88–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4118
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2125–10.7925/bu+0.13−113–−55¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4488
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4925–10.5425/bu+0.13−85–−80¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3946
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5925/bu+0.18−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7075
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.6425–11.0925/bu+0.13−70–−25¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8275

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9025–3.9725/bu+0.07−45–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0715
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8425–4.0125/bu+0.04−51–−34¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9536
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8925–3.9925/bu+0.04−46–−36¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1425
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9225–4.0725/bu+0.03−43–−28¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9411
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6725–4.2025/bu+0.04−68–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8292
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9525–4.0525/bu+0.04−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9411
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1025–4.1325/bu+0.04−25–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1075
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.