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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Jul 28
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5200–11.9500/bu+0.04−60–−25¢/BuAugust (Q)9.6310
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5600–11.7900/bu+0.06−64–−33¢/BuNovember (X)9.5931
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8200–12.0000/bu+0.06−38–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.6650
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6500–12.1000/bu+0.06−55–−10¢/BuNovember (X)9.7736
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1300–11.8900/bu+0.04−99–−31¢/BuAugust (Q)9.4096
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7500–12.2500/bu+0.06−45–+5¢/BuNovember (X)9.6993
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0500/bu+0.06−15¢/BuNovember (X)9.7950
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.9000–12.5700/bu+0.06−30–+45¢/BuNovember (X)9.9500

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1350–4.2850/bu+0.07−45–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7355
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0850–4.3150/bu+0.07−50–−27¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7681
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2050–4.3750/bu+0.07−38–−21¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7939
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2150–4.4050/bu+0.09−37–−18¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7368
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9950–4.4150/bu+0.07−59–−17¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6375
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2150–4.3850/bu+0.07−37–−20¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7496
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4450–4.4650/bu+0.07−14–−12¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9275
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.