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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Jul 22
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7300–12.1400/bu+0.14−60–−25¢/BuAugust (Q)9.7655
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7500–12.0200/bu+0.14−58–−31¢/BuAugust (Q)9.7236
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9900–12.1900/bu+0.26−40–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.7975
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8900–12.2400/bu+0.16−50–−15¢/BuNovember (X)9.8346
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3400–12.1000/bu+0.14−99–−23¢/BuAugust (Q)9.5996
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9300–12.3400/bu+0.14−40–−5¢/BuAugust (Q)9.8575
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2100/bu+0.18−18¢/BuNovember (X)9.9775
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.0900–12.7800/bu+0.26−30–+45¢/BuNovember (X)10.0925

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1700–4.3200/bu+0.09−45–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8640
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1200–4.3800/bu+0.09−50–−24¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8761
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2400–4.4300/bu+0.09−38–−19¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9079
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2500–4.4300/bu+0.10−37–−19¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8764
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0300–4.4800/bu+0.09−59–−14¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7350
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2700–4.4200/bu+0.09−35–−20¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8679
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5000/bu+0.09−12¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0400
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.