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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Aug 20
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7650–12.2650/bu+0.03−60–−10¢/BuNovember (X)9.9200
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6750–12.1450/bu+0.01−69–−22¢/BuNovember (X)9.8056
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9850–12.3650/bu+0.01−38–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.9457
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9150–12.6650/bu+0.01−45–+30¢/BuNovember (X)9.8771
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4650–12.2050/bu+0.01−90–−16¢/BuNovember (X)9.6742
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9150–12.4650/bu+0.01−45–+10¢/BuNovember (X)9.9371
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3350/bu+0.01−3¢/BuNovember (X)9.9900
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.3650–13.0650/bu+0.010–+70¢/BuNovember (X)10.2450

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3675–4.5375/bu+0.06−42–−25¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6745
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3275–4.4875/bu+0.13−46–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6925
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4075–4.6375/bu+0.06−38–−15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6996
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4175–4.6075/bu+0.06−37–−18¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6811
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2575–4.5075/bu+0.06−53–−28¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5658
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4875–4.6175/bu+0.06−30–−17¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6411
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6575–4.6675/bu+0.06−13–−12¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8725
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.