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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Nov 14
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4250–10.4950/bu+0.23−82–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4510
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4050–10.6675/bu+0.25−84–−46¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4650
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3450–10.4950/bu+0.20−90–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4993
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3850–10.4950/bu+0.23−86–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4307
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2450–10.7350/bu+0.23−100–−51¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4583
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3950–10.4650/bu+0.26−85–−78¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4150
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5450/bu+0.23−70¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7350
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.6450–10.9450/bu+0.23−60–−30¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7950

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8525–3.9525/bu+0.11−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0960
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8525–3.9525/bu+0.08−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9767
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8425–3.9225/bu+0.11−46–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1343
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9025–4.1525/bu+0.11−40–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9943
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6225–4.1525/bu+0.11−68–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8750
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8825–4.0025/bu+0.11−42–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9471
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1025–4.1525/bu+0.11−20–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2300
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.