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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Jan 28
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9300–10.1100/bu+0.08−82–−64¢/BuMarch (H)9.9160
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0000–11.3200/bu+0.08−75–+57¢/BuMarch (H)9.9272
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9500–10.0200/bu+0.08−80–−73¢/BuMarch (H)9.9650
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0000–10.1500/bu+0.09−75–−60¢/BuMarch (H)9.9036
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8500–10.3300/bu+0.08−90–−42¢/BuMarch (H)9.9083
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9900–10.0500/bu+0.12−76–−70¢/BuMarch (H)9.9536
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1300/bu+0.08−62¢/BuMarch (H)10.1550
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9500–10.4500/bu+0.08−80–−30¢/BuMarch (H)10.1800

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9000–4.0000/bu+0.04−40–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.6410
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9100–4.1500/bu+0.04−39–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.6111
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9200–4.0500/bu+0.04−38–−25¢/BuMarch (H)4.6800
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9600–4.1300/bu+0.06−34–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.5871
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7000–4.1800/bu+0.04−60–−12¢/BuMarch (H)4.4900
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9700–4.0200/bu+0.11−33–−28¢/BuMarch (H)4.5886
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1400–4.2200/bu+0.04−16–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.7950
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.