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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Sep 17
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4975–12.6975/bu+0.01−70–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.6400
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4475–12.6975/bu+0.01−75–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.6161
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5475–12.6975/bu+0.01−65–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.6021
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5475–13.5475/bu+0.01−65–+35¢/BuNovember (X)9.6236
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2975–12.6675/bu+0.01−90–−53¢/BuNovember (X)9.5317
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5475–13.1975/bu+0.01−65–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.6250
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.8475/bu+0.01−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.7750
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.8975–13.9475/bu+0.01−30–+75¢/BuNovember (X)10.0450

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8050–4.8550/bu+0.04−50–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7915
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6850–5.0050/bu+0.04−62–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8131
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7950–5.0250/bu+0.04−51–−28¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8375
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7550–4.9050/bu+0.04−55–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7746
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5550–4.9050/bu+0.04−75–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7125
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8050–4.9050/bu+0.03−50–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7932
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9850/bu+0.01−32¢/BuDecember (Z)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.