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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Nov 13
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6500–10.7200/bu+0.13−82–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3400
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6500–10.7700/bu+0.13−82–−70¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3550
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5400–10.7200/bu+0.15−93–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3893
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6100–10.7200/bu+0.13−86–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3179
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4700–10.8700/bu+0.13−100–−60¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3483
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6500–10.6900/bu+0.16−82–−78¢/BuJanuary (F)9.2836
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7700/bu+0.13−70¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6250
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.8700–11.1700/bu+0.13−60–−30¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7000

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9650–4.0650/bu+0.06−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0450
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9350–4.0650/bu+0.06−48–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9289
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9550–4.0350/bu+0.06−46–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0843
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0150–4.2650/bu+0.06−40–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9400
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7350–4.2650/bu+0.06−68–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8167
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9950–4.1150/bu+0.06−42–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8971
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2150–4.2650/bu+0.06−20–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1650
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.