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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Sep 1
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4775–13.1275/bu+0.20−70–−5¢/BuNovember (X)9.7300
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4775–13.4975/bu+0.30−70–+32¢/BuNovember (X)9.6633
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5475–13.0775/bu+0.21−63–−10¢/BuNovember (X)9.6886
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.7275–13.3775/bu+0.30−45–+20¢/BuNovember (X)9.6729
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2975–13.2275/bu+0.32−88–+5¢/BuNovember (X)9.5600
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.7275–13.2475/bu+0.30−45–+7¢/BuNovember (X)9.7214
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.1675/bu+0.30−1¢/BuNovember (X)9.8100
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered13.3775–14.0275/bu+0.40+20–+85¢/BuNovember (X)10.0400

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9100–4.9900/bu+0.13−55–−47¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7860
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7500–4.9600/bu+0.08−71–−50¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8067
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9500–5.1200/bu+0.08−51–−34¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7929
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9100–5.0600/bu+0.08−55–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7914
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7300–4.9700/bu+0.11−73–−49¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7250
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8650–5.0600/bu+0.07−35–−40¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7600
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0900–5.1000/bu+0.09−37–−36¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9600
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.