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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Aug 11
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9975–11.4875/bu+0.10−69–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.7615
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9975–11.4575/bu+0.11−69–−23¢/BuNovember (X)9.6675
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3075–11.6375/bu+0.11−38–−5¢/BuNovember (X)9.7761
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1375–11.8375/bu+0.11−55–+15¢/BuNovember (X)9.6732
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7875–11.3875/bu+0.11−90–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.6108
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2875–11.7375/bu+0.11−40–+5¢/BuNovember (X)9.7818
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5875/bu+0.06−10¢/BuNovember (X)9.8775
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.3875–12.3875/bu+0.11−30–+70¢/BuNovember (X)10.0875

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9475–4.1175/bu+0.02−42–−25¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5350
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8375–4.1075/bu+0.02−53–−26¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5572
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9875–4.2375/bu+0.02−38–−13¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5750
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9975–4.1875/bu+0.02−37–−18¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5521
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8375–4.1475/bu+0.02−53–−22¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4267
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0675–4.1975/bu+0.02−30–−17¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5150
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2475–4.2575/bu+0.02−12–−11¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7150
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.