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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Aug 27
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0800–12.6300/bu+0.02−60–−5¢/BuNovember (X)9.8090
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9900–12.6100/bu+0.02−69–−7¢/BuNovember (X)9.7444
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3400–12.6800/bu+0.02−34–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.8243
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2300–12.8800/bu+0.02−45–+20¢/BuNovember (X)9.7829
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7800–12.5500/bu+0.02−90–−13¢/BuNovember (X)9.5954
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2300–12.8300/bu+0.02−45–+15¢/BuNovember (X)9.8271
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6700/bu+0.02−1¢/BuNovember (X)9.8800
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.6800–13.3800/bu+0.020–+70¢/BuNovember (X)10.1350

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6825–4.8525/bu+0.04−42–−25¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6690
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6225–4.8025/bu+0.04−48–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6939
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7225–4.9525/bu+0.04−38–−15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6971
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7325–4.9350/bu+0.04−37–−40¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6743
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5825–4.8350/bu+0.04−52–−50¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5617
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7525–4.9150/bu+0.04−35–−42¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6593
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9525–4.9625/bu+0.05−15–−14¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8375
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.