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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Feb 18
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5350–10.6650/bu+0.01−80–−67¢/BuMarch (H)9.6315
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5350–10.7350/bu+0.01−80–−60¢/BuMarch (H)9.6764
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4850–10.6350/bu+0.01−85–−70¢/BuMarch (H)9.6732
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4350–10.6850/bu+0.01−90–−65¢/BuMarch (H)9.6018
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4350–10.7850/bu+0.01−90–−55¢/BuMarch (H)9.6375
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5350–10.6850/bu+0.01−80–−65¢/BuMarch (H)9.6504
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6550/bu+0.01−68¢/BuMarch (H)9.8475
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.5850–10.8850/bu+0.01−75–−45¢/BuMarch (H)9.9175

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9100–3.9700/bu+0.01−36–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.6800
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8600–4.1200/bu+0.01−41–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.6950
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9000–4.0400/bu+0.00−37–−23¢/BuMarch (H)4.6950
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9600–4.0800/bu+0.01−31–−19¢/BuMarch (H)4.6021
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6700–4.1900/bu+0.09−60–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.5950
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8900–4.0500/bu+0.01−38–−22¢/BuMarch (H)4.5950
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1000–4.1700/bu+0.00−17–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.8550
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.