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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Sep 2
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4025–12.8525/bu+0.08−70–−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.6170
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4025–13.4225/bu+0.08−70–+32¢/BuNovember (X)9.5617
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4625–12.9525/bu+0.09−64–−15¢/BuNovember (X)9.5964
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6525–13.3025/bu+0.08−45–+20¢/BuNovember (X)9.5921
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3525–13.1525/bu+0.06−75–+5¢/BuNovember (X)9.4583
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5025–13.1025/bu+0.23−60–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.6307
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.0025/bu+0.17−10¢/BuNovember (X)9.7150
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered13.0525–13.8025/bu+0.33−5–+70¢/BuNovember (X)9.9450

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8850–4.9650/bu+0.03−55–−47¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7310
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7250–4.9650/bu+0.03−71–−47¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7664
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9250–5.1150/bu+0.03−51–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7429
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8850–5.0350/bu+0.03−55–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7186
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7050–4.9850/bu+0.03−73–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6583
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9250–5.0350/bu+0.06−51–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7671
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0650–5.0750/bu+0.03−37–−36¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8900
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.