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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Aug 28
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2800–12.8300/bu+0.20−60–−5¢/BuNovember (X)9.8600
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1900–12.8100/bu+0.20−69–−7¢/BuNovember (X)9.7972
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5400–12.8800/bu+0.20−34–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.8664
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4300–12.8800/bu+0.20−45–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.8479
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9800–12.7300/bu+0.20−90–−15¢/BuNovember (X)9.6704
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4300–13.0300/bu+0.20−45–+15¢/BuNovember (X)9.8921
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.8700/bu+0.20−1¢/BuNovember (X)9.9450
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.8800–13.8800/bu+0.200–+100¢/BuNovember (X)10.2000

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7000–4.8750/bu+0.02−42–−49¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7583
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6400–4.8350/bu+0.02−48–−53¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7989
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8550–5.0050/bu+0.13−51–−36¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7925
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8150–4.9650/bu+0.08−55–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7696
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6000–4.8950/bu+0.02−52–−47¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6792
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7700–4.9650/bu+0.02−35–−40¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7650
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9700–4.9800/bu+0.02−15–−14¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9425
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.