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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Feb 5
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3725–10.4225/bu+0.20−75–−70¢/BuMarch (H)9.9110
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3525–10.5725/bu+0.20−77–−55¢/BuMarch (H)9.9439
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2925–10.4225/bu+0.20−83–−70¢/BuMarch (H)9.9564
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3725–10.4725/bu+0.20−75–−65¢/BuMarch (H)9.8750
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2225–10.6225/bu+0.20−90–−50¢/BuMarch (H)9.9000
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3225–10.4725/bu+0.20−80–−65¢/BuMarch (H)9.9564
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4725/bu+0.15−65¢/BuMarch (H)10.1450
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.4725–10.7225/bu+0.20−65–−40¢/BuMarch (H)10.1800

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9500–4.0500/bu+0.06−40–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.6275
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9100–4.2000/bu+0.06−44–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.6181
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9900–4.1200/bu+0.06−36–−23¢/BuMarch (H)4.6582
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0400–4.1600/bu+0.06−31–−19¢/BuMarch (H)4.5625
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7500–4.2700/bu+0.06−60–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.5108
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9500–4.1300/bu+0.06−40–−22¢/BuMarch (H)4.5611
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2000–4.2700/bu+0.06−15–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.7675
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.