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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Aug 4
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0400–11.5275/bu+0.14−51–−25¢/BuAugust (Q)9.3885
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0475–11.5575/bu+0.22−73–−22¢/BuNovember (X)9.3217
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3975–11.6075/bu+0.15−38–−17¢/BuNovember (X)9.3989
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2275–11.6775/bu+0.15−55–−10¢/BuNovember (X)9.3032
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8775–11.4375/bu+0.15−90–−34¢/BuNovember (X)9.1742
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3275–11.8275/bu+0.15−45–+5¢/BuNovember (X)9.4175
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6275/bu+0.15−15¢/BuNovember (X)9.5575
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.4775–12.3275/bu+0.15−30–+55¢/BuNovember (X)9.6925

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0025–4.1725/bu+0.07−42–−25¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6430
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8925–4.1625/bu+0.07−53–−26¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6728
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0425–4.2025/bu+0.07−38–−22¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7050
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0525–4.2425/bu+0.07−37–−18¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6579
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8725–4.2525/bu+0.05−55–−17¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5300
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0725–4.2225/bu+0.07−35–−20¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6379
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3025/bu+0.07−12¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8150
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.