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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Jan 26
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7975–9.9175/bu+0.06−82–−70¢/BuMarch (H)9.7620
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8675–10.1675/bu+0.06−75–−45¢/BuMarch (H)9.7733
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7875–9.8675/bu+0.06−83–−75¢/BuMarch (H)9.8100
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8575–10.0175/bu+0.06−76–−60¢/BuMarch (H)9.7629
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7175–10.1975/bu+0.06−90–−42¢/BuMarch (H)9.7667
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8175–9.9175/bu+0.06−80–−70¢/BuMarch (H)9.8014
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9975/bu+0.06−62¢/BuMarch (H)10.0000
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9175–10.3175/bu+0.06−70–−30¢/BuMarch (H)10.0350

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8825–3.9725/bu+0.02−40–−31¢/BuMarch (H)4.4920
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8925–4.1325/bu+0.04−39–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.4711
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9025–4.0125/bu+0.02−38–−27¢/BuMarch (H)4.5329
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9225–4.1125/bu+0.02−36–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.4357
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6825–4.1625/bu+0.02−60–−12¢/BuMarch (H)4.3383
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8825–4.0025/bu+0.02−40–−28¢/BuMarch (H)4.4457
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1225–4.2025/bu+0.02−16–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.6600
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.