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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Aug 17
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5200–11.9600/bu+0.24−64–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.7905
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4700–11.9100/bu+0.24−69–−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.6536
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7800–12.1100/bu+0.24−38–−5¢/BuNovember (X)9.8239
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6100–12.3600/bu+0.24−55–+20¢/BuNovember (X)9.7296
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2600–11.9100/bu+0.24−90–−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.5617
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7600–12.2100/bu+0.24−40–+5¢/BuNovember (X)9.8211
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1100/bu+0.24−5¢/BuNovember (X)9.8925
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.9600–12.8600/bu+0.24−20–+70¢/BuNovember (X)10.1225

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2300–4.4000/bu+0.06−42–−25¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6320
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1200–4.3900/bu+0.06−53–−26¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6578
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2700–4.5000/bu+0.06−38–−15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6700
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2800–4.4700/bu+0.06−37–−18¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6386
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1300–4.4300/bu+0.06−52–−22¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5417
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3500–4.4800/bu+0.06−30–−17¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6243
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5300–4.5400/bu+0.05−12–−11¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8300
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.