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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Jan 29
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9025–10.0825/bu+0.03−82–−64¢/BuMarch (H)9.7510
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9725–11.2925/bu+0.03−75–+57¢/BuMarch (H)9.7622
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9225–9.9925/bu+0.03−80–−73¢/BuMarch (H)9.8000
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9725–10.1225/bu+0.03−75–−60¢/BuMarch (H)9.7386
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8225–10.3025/bu+0.03−90–−42¢/BuMarch (H)9.7383
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9225–10.0225/bu+0.07−80–−70¢/BuMarch (H)9.7829
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1225/bu+0.01−60¢/BuMarch (H)9.9900
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.0225–10.4225/bu+0.07−70–−30¢/BuMarch (H)10.0150

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9075–4.0075/bu+0.01−40–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.5725
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9175–4.1575/bu+0.01−39–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.5603
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9275–4.0575/bu+0.01−38–−25¢/BuMarch (H)4.6154
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9775–4.1375/bu+0.02−33–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.5154
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7075–4.2275/bu+0.01−60–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.4208
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8875–4.0275/bu+0.08−42–−28¢/BuMarch (H)4.5211
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1475–4.2275/bu+0.01−16–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.7175
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.