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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Jul 17
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4450–11.7800/bu+0.10−60–−25¢/BuAugust (Q)9.8965
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4650–11.8150/bu+0.10−58–−23¢/BuAugust (Q)9.8614
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5300–11.8300/bu+0.08−50–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.8904
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5300–11.8800/bu+0.08−50–−15¢/BuNovember (X)9.9646
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0550–11.8150/bu+0.10−99–−23¢/BuAugust (Q)9.7896
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6450–11.8300/bu+0.10−40–−20¢/BuAugust (Q)9.9861
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7300/bu+0.08−30¢/BuNovember (X)10.1075
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.6300–12.4950/bu+0.08−40–+45¢/BuNovember (X)10.2075

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9975–4.1475/bu+0.03−45–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9730
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9475–4.1975/bu+0.03−50–−25¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9839
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0675–4.2975/bu+0.03−38–−15¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0307
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0675–4.2375/bu+0.03−38–−21¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0079
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8375–4.3275/bu+0.02−61–−12¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8267
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0975–4.2475/bu+0.03−35–−20¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9721
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3275–4.3675/bu+0.02−12–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1950
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.