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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Feb 23
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5425–10.6725/bu+0.03−80–−67¢/BuMarch (H)9.6770
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5425–10.7425/bu+0.03−80–−60¢/BuMarch (H)9.6833
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4925–10.6725/bu+0.03−85–−67¢/BuMarch (H)9.6907
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4425–10.6925/bu+0.03−90–−65¢/BuMarch (H)9.6071
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4425–10.7425/bu+0.03−90–−60¢/BuMarch (H)9.6233
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5425–10.6925/bu+0.03−80–−65¢/BuMarch (H)9.6521
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6625/bu+0.03−68¢/BuMarch (H)9.8600
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.5925–10.9425/bu+0.03−75–−40¢/BuMarch (H)9.8500

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9150–3.9750/bu—−36–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.5450
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9050–4.1250/bu—−37–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.5572
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9050–4.0450/bu—−37–−23¢/BuMarch (H)4.5550
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9650–4.1050/bu—−31–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.4664
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6750–4.1950/bu—−60–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.4200
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8750–4.0750/bu+0.02−40–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.4507
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1050–4.1750/bu—−17–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.7250
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.