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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Aug 26
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0600–12.6100/bu+0.28−60–−5¢/BuNovember (X)9.8040
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9700–12.5800/bu+0.28−69–−8¢/BuNovember (X)9.7606
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3200–12.6600/bu+0.28−34–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.8193
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2100–12.5100/bu+0.28−45–−15¢/BuNovember (X)9.7779
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7600–12.4200/bu+0.28−90–−24¢/BuNovember (X)9.5896
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2100–12.8100/bu+0.28−45–+15¢/BuNovember (X)9.8221
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6500/bu+0.28−1¢/BuNovember (X)9.8750
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.6600–13.3600/bu+0.280–+70¢/BuNovember (X)10.1400

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7200–4.8900/bu+0.14−42–−25¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6300
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6600–4.8400/bu+0.14−48–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6467
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7600–4.9900/bu+0.14−38–−15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6507
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7700–4.9600/bu+0.14−37–−18¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6364
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6200–4.8600/bu+0.14−52–−28¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5267
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7900–4.9300/bu+0.14−35–−21¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6207
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0000/bu+0.14−14¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8025
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.