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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Jul 16
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3500–11.7000/bu+0.07−60–−25¢/BuAugust (Q)9.8040
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3700–11.7300/bu+0.05−58–−22¢/BuAugust (Q)9.7783
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4500–11.7500/bu+0.07−50–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.7979
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4500–11.8000/bu+0.04−50–−15¢/BuNovember (X)9.8721
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9600–11.8000/bu+0.07−99–−15¢/BuAugust (Q)9.7375
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5500–11.7500/bu+0.07−40–−20¢/BuAugust (Q)9.8907
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6500/bu+0.02−30¢/BuNovember (X)10.0150
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.5500–12.1500/bu+0.07−40–+20¢/BuNovember (X)10.1150

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9650–4.1150/bu+0.06−45–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9120
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9150–4.1650/bu+0.02−50–−25¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9189
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0350–4.2650/bu+0.04−38–−15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9671
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0350–4.2050/bu+0.06−38–−21¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9429
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8150–4.2950/bu+0.07−60–−12¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7633
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0650–4.2150/bu+0.08−35–−20¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9114
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3050–4.3350/bu+0.06−11–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1400
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.