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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Feb 6
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3525–10.4525/bu+0.02−80–−70¢/BuMarch (H)9.8010
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3525–10.6025/bu—−80–−55¢/BuMarch (H)9.8328
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3225–10.4525/bu+0.03−83–−70¢/BuMarch (H)9.8493
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4025–10.5025/bu+0.03−75–−65¢/BuMarch (H)9.7650
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2525–10.6025/bu+0.03−90–−55¢/BuMarch (H)9.7900
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3825–10.5025/bu+0.06−77–−65¢/BuMarch (H)9.8193
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5025/bu+0.03−65¢/BuMarch (H)10.0250
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.5025–10.7025/bu+0.03−65–−45¢/BuMarch (H)10.0700

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9025–4.0025/bu+0.05−40–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.5500
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8625–4.1525/bu+0.05−44–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.5417
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9425–4.0725/bu+0.05−36–−23¢/BuMarch (H)4.5821
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9925–4.1125/bu+0.05−31–−19¢/BuMarch (H)4.4850
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7025–4.2225/bu+0.05−60–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.4733
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9225–4.0825/bu+0.03−38–−22¢/BuMarch (H)4.4864
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1525–4.2225/bu+0.05−15–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.6950
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.