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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Sep 15
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4875–12.8375/bu+0.15−70–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.7625
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4375–12.6875/bu+0.15−75–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.7275
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5375–12.6875/bu+0.15−65–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.7346
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5375–13.5375/bu+0.03−65–+35¢/BuNovember (X)9.7618
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3375–12.6875/bu+0.10−85–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.6475
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5375–13.1875/bu+0.10−65–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.7561
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.8375/bu+0.15−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.8975
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.8875–13.9375/bu+0.15−30–+75¢/BuNovember (X)10.1925

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8575–4.9075/bu+0.03−50–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8470
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7375–4.9475/bu+0.06−62–−41¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8694
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8475–5.0575/bu+0.03−51–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8907
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8075–4.9575/bu+0.03−55–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8364
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5975–4.9575/bu+0.02−76–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7900
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8475–4.9575/bu+0.03−51–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8550
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0075–5.0375/bu+0.03−35–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0000
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.