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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Jul 24
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8800–12.2850/bu+0.11−60–−25¢/BuAugust (Q)9.7400
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9000–12.2100/bu+0.11−58–−27¢/BuAugust (Q)9.6986
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1550–12.3350/bu+0.10−38–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.7800
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9850–12.3850/bu+0.10−55–−15¢/BuNovember (X)9.8886
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4900–12.2550/bu+0.11−99–−28¢/BuAugust (Q)9.5538
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0850–12.4850/bu+0.10−45–−5¢/BuNovember (X)9.8186
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3850/bu+0.10−15¢/BuNovember (X)9.9100
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.2350–12.9300/bu+0.10−30–+45¢/BuNovember (X)10.0650

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1925–4.3425/bu+0.00−45–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8400
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1425–4.3825/bu+0.00−50–−26¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8772
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2625–4.4325/bu+0.00−38–−21¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8993
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2525–4.4525/bu+0.00−39–−19¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8393
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0525–4.4925/bu+0.00−59–−15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7367
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2725–4.4425/bu+0.00−37–−20¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8607
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5025–4.5225/bu+0.00−14–−12¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0300
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.