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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Nov 18
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7150–10.7850/bu+0.04−82–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4490
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6750–10.8250/bu+0.05−86–−71¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4917
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6550–10.7850/bu+0.04−88–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5050
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6850–10.7850/bu+0.04−85–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4336
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5350–10.9950/bu+0.04−100–−54¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4867
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6850–10.7850/bu+0.04−85–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4050
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8350/bu+0.04−70¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7300
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.8850–11.2350/bu+0.09−65–−30¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8100

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9175–4.0175/bu+0.02−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1325
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9175–4.0675/bu+0.02−45–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0147
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9175–4.0175/bu+0.02−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1825
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0075–4.2175/bu+0.06−36–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0296
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7175–4.2175/bu+0.03−65–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9242
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9475–4.0675/bu+0.02−42–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9911
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1675–4.2175/bu+0.02−20–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2725
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.