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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Feb 4
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1725–10.2325/bu+0.27−75–−69¢/BuMarch (H)9.8750
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1525–10.3725/bu+0.20−77–−55¢/BuMarch (H)9.9100
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0925–10.2725/bu+0.24−83–−65¢/BuMarch (H)9.9214
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1725–10.2725/bu+0.27−75–−65¢/BuMarch (H)9.8471
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0225–10.4725/bu+0.27−90–−45¢/BuMarch (H)9.8583
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1225–10.2725/bu+0.27−80–−65¢/BuMarch (H)9.9014
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3225/bu+0.27−60¢/BuMarch (H)10.1200
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.2725–10.5725/bu+0.27−65–−35¢/BuMarch (H)10.1450

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8950–3.9950/bu+0.01−40–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.6065
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8550–4.1450/bu+0.04−44–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.5981
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9350–4.0650/bu+0.01−36–−23¢/BuMarch (H)4.6354
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9850–4.1050/bu+0.01−31–−19¢/BuMarch (H)4.5425
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6950–4.2150/bu+0.01−60–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.4892
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8950–4.0750/bu+0.01−40–−22¢/BuMarch (H)4.5439
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1450–4.2150/bu+0.01−15–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.7425
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.