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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Jan 27
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8525–10.0425/bu+0.06−82–−63¢/BuMarch (H)9.7620
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9225–11.2425/bu+0.06−75–+57¢/BuMarch (H)9.7733
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8725–9.9425/bu+0.09−80–−73¢/BuMarch (H)9.8100
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9125–10.0725/bu+0.06−76–−60¢/BuMarch (H)9.7629
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7725–10.2525/bu+0.06−90–−42¢/BuMarch (H)9.7617
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8725–9.9725/bu+0.06−80–−70¢/BuMarch (H)9.8014
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0525/bu+0.06−62¢/BuMarch (H)10.0000
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.8725–10.3725/bu+0.05−80–−30¢/BuMarch (H)10.0300

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8650–3.9650/bu+0.02−40–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.5255
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8750–4.1150/bu+0.02−39–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.5036
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8850–4.0150/bu+0.02−38–−25¢/BuMarch (H)4.5654
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9050–4.0950/bu+0.02−36–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.4754
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6650–4.1450/bu+0.02−60–−12¢/BuMarch (H)4.3708
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8650–3.9850/bu+0.02−40–−28¢/BuMarch (H)4.4782
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1050–4.1850/bu+0.02−16–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.6925
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.