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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Sep 9
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3950–12.7950/bu+0.07−70–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.5345
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3950–12.9750/bu+0.07−70–−12¢/BuNovember (X)9.5036
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4650–12.7950/bu+0.07−63–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.5082
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6450–13.0950/bu+0.07−45–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.5096
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2950–12.8050/bu+0.07−80–−29¢/BuNovember (X)9.3925
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6450–13.0950/bu+0.08−45–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.5311
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.8450/bu+0.07−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.6525
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.9450–13.7450/bu+0.07−15–+65¢/BuNovember (X)9.9025

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7775–4.8275/bu+0.06−50–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7200
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5675–4.8875/bu+0.06−71–−39¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7425
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7675–4.9775/bu+0.06−51–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7471
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7875–4.8775/bu+0.06−49–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7129
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5375–4.8575/bu+0.06−74–−42¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6300
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7675–4.8775/bu+0.06−51–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7214
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9175–4.9275/bu+0.05−36–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9000
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.