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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Nov 20
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4050–10.4750/bu+0.14−82–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.2455
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3650–10.5150/bu+0.14−86–−71¢/BuJanuary (F)9.2842
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4250–10.4750/bu+0.08−80–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3004
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3750–10.4750/bu+0.14−85–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.2318
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2250–10.6250/bu+0.14−100–−60¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3142
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3750–10.5050/bu+0.17−85–−72¢/BuJanuary (F)9.2046
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5750/bu+0.09−65¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5275
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.5750–10.9250/bu+0.14−65–−30¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6025

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8150–3.9450/bu+0.03−45–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1475
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8350–3.9950/bu+0.01−43–−27¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0208
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8150–3.9150/bu+0.03−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1904
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9050–4.1650/bu+0.03−36–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0232
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6650–4.1150/bu+0.02−60–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9475
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8450–3.9650/bu+0.03−42–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9918
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0850–4.1450/bu+0.01−18–−12¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2675
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.