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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Feb 20
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5750–10.7050/bu+0.04−80–−67¢/BuMarch (H)9.7563
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5750–10.7750/bu+0.04−80–−60¢/BuMarch (H)9.7817
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5250–10.6750/bu+0.04−85–−70¢/BuMarch (H)9.7854
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4750–10.7250/bu+0.04−90–−65¢/BuMarch (H)9.7079
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4750–10.7750/bu+0.04−90–−60¢/BuMarch (H)9.7250
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5750–10.7250/bu+0.04−80–−65¢/BuMarch (H)9.7518
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6950/bu+0.04−68¢/BuMarch (H)9.9650
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.6250–10.9750/bu+0.04−75–−40¢/BuMarch (H)9.9450

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9150–3.9750/bu+0.02−36–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.6205
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9050–4.1250/bu+0.06−37–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.6292
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9050–4.0450/bu+0.02−37–−23¢/BuMarch (H)4.6325
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9650–4.1050/bu+0.02−31–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.5482
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6750–4.1950/bu+0.02−60–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.5208
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8950–4.0550/bu+0.02−38–−22¢/BuMarch (H)4.5339
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1050–4.1750/bu+0.02−17–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.8125
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.