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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Feb 17
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5400–10.6400/bu+0.01−80–−70¢/BuMarch (H)9.7000
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5400–10.7400/bu+0.01−80–−60¢/BuMarch (H)9.7383
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4900–10.6400/bu+0.01−85–−70¢/BuMarch (H)9.7407
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4400–10.6900/bu+0.01−90–−65¢/BuMarch (H)9.6564
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4400–10.7900/bu+0.01−90–−55¢/BuMarch (H)9.7267
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5400–10.6900/bu+0.01−80–−65¢/BuMarch (H)9.7136
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6600/bu+0.01−68¢/BuMarch (H)9.9150
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.5900–10.8900/bu+0.01−75–−45¢/BuMarch (H)9.9800

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9025–3.9625/bu+0.06−36–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.7220
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8725–4.1125/bu+0.04−39–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.7278
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9025–4.0325/bu+0.06−36–−23¢/BuMarch (H)4.7400
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9525–4.0725/bu+0.06−31–−19¢/BuMarch (H)4.6386
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5825–4.1825/bu+0.14−68–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.6417
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8825–4.0425/bu+0.06−38–−22¢/BuMarch (H)4.6371
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1025–4.1625/bu+0.06−16–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.8750
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.