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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Jun 18
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4775–10.8975/bu+0.09−75–−33¢/BuJuly (N)—
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6275–10.9275/bu+0.09−60–−30¢/BuJuly (N)—
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7475–10.8975/bu+0.02−48–−33¢/BuJuly (N)—
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7275–10.9775/bu+0.09−50–−25¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2375–10.8475/bu+0.09−99–−38¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7275–10.8975/bu+0.09−50–−33¢/BuJuly (N)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8975/bu+0.09−33¢/BuJuly (N)—
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.7275–11.2775/bu+0.09−50–+5¢/BuJuly (N)—

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7750–3.9450/bu+0.04−40–−23¢/BuJuly (N)—
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7750–3.9950/bu+0.04−40–−18¢/BuJuly (N)—
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7950–4.0150/bu+0.04−38–−16¢/BuJuly (N)—
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8450–3.9950/bu+0.01−33–−18¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6350–4.0750/bu+0.04−54–−10¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7950–3.9950/bu+0.04−38–−18¢/BuJuly (N)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1750/bu+0.040¢/BuJuly (N)—
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.