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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Nov 25
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4275–10.4975/bu+0.02−82–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3010
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3875–10.5275/bu+0.02−86–−72¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3428
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4475–10.4975/bu+0.02−80–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3579
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4475–10.4975/bu+0.02−80–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.2907
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2475–10.6175/bu+0.02−100–−63¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3767
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4475–10.5275/bu+0.02−80–−72¢/BuJanuary (F)9.2707
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5975/bu+0.02−65¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6200
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.5975–10.9475/bu+0.02−65–−30¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6800

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8350–3.9350/bu+0.00−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0760
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8150–4.0150/bu+0.00−42–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9644
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7050–3.8850/bu+0.10−53–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1057
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8750–4.1350/bu+0.00−36–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9657
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6250–4.0850/bu+0.00−61–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9083
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8350–3.9350/bu+0.00−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9371
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1350–4.1850/bu+0.04−10–−5¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2000
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.