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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Nov 19
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5425–10.6125/bu+0.17−82–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3710
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5025–10.6525/bu+0.17−86–−71¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4172
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5025–10.6125/bu+0.15−86–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4250
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5125–10.7125/bu+0.17−85–−65¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3536
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3625–10.7625/bu+0.17−100–−60¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4133
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5425–10.6125/bu+0.14−82–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3250
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6625/bu+0.17−70¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6500
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.7125–11.0625/bu+0.17−65–−30¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7340

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8475–3.9775/bu+0.07−45–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1645
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8475–3.9975/bu+0.07−45–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0558
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8475–3.9475/bu+0.07−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2125
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9375–4.1475/bu+0.07−36–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0596
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6475–4.1475/bu+0.07−65–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9542
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8775–3.9975/bu+0.07−42–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0211
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0975–4.1475/bu+0.07−20–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3025
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.