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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Nov 21
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4300–10.5000/bu+0.03−82–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3010
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3900–10.5300/bu+0.03−86–−72¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3417
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4500–10.5000/bu+0.03−80–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3579
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4000–10.5000/bu+0.03−85–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.2964
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2500–10.6500/bu+0.03−100–−60¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3683
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4000–10.5300/bu+0.03−85–−72¢/BuJanuary (F)9.2779
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6000/bu+0.03−65¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5850
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.6000–10.9500/bu+0.03−65–−30¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6600

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8050–3.9550/bu+0.01−45–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1350
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8350–4.0350/bu—−42–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0094
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8050–3.9050/bu+0.01−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1779
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8950–4.1550/bu+0.01−36–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0107
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6550–4.1050/bu+0.01−60–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9400
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8350–3.9550/bu+0.01−42–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9793
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0750–4.1750/bu+0.01−18–−8¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2550
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.