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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Nov 17
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7525–10.9225/bu+0.33−82–−65¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5625
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7225–10.8625/bu+0.32−85–−71¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5997
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6925–10.8225/bu+0.35−88–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6175
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7225–10.8225/bu+0.34−85–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5446
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5725–11.0325/bu+0.33−100–−54¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5725
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7225–10.8225/bu+0.33−85–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5004
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8725/bu+0.33−70¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8425
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.9725–11.2725/bu+0.33−60–−30¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9175

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8975–3.9975/bu+0.05−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1505
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8975–3.9975/bu+0.05−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0203
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8975–3.9975/bu+0.06−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1982
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9475–4.1975/bu+0.05−40–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0554
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6875–4.1975/bu+0.07−66–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9342
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9275–4.0475/bu+0.05−42–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0054
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1475–4.1975/bu+0.05−20–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2925
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.