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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Jan 30
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8925–10.0025/bu+0.01−75–−64¢/BuMarch (H)9.7320
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8925–11.2125/bu+0.08−75–+57¢/BuMarch (H)9.7411
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8425–9.9225/bu+0.08−80–−72¢/BuMarch (H)9.7800
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8925–10.0425/bu+0.08−75–−60¢/BuMarch (H)9.7157
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7425–10.2225/bu+0.08−90–−42¢/BuMarch (H)9.6983
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8625–9.9425/bu+0.06−78–−70¢/BuMarch (H)9.7629
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0425/bu+0.08−60¢/BuMarch (H)9.9700
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9425–10.3425/bu+0.08−70–−30¢/BuMarch (H)9.9950

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8825–3.9825/bu+0.03−40–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.4910
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8925–4.1325/bu+0.03−39–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.4778
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9025–4.0225/bu+0.03−38–−26¢/BuMarch (H)4.5329
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9525–4.1125/bu+0.03−33–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.4329
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6825–4.2025/bu+0.03−60–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.3383
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8825–4.0025/bu+0.01−40–−28¢/BuMarch (H)4.4457
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1225–4.2025/bu+0.03−16–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.6350
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.