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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Sep 18
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3350–12.4850/bu+0.16−70–−55¢/BuNovember (X)9.5200
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2850–12.4550/bu+0.16−75–−58¢/BuNovember (X)9.4961
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3850–12.5350/bu+0.16−65–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.4893
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3850–13.4850/bu+0.16−65–+45¢/BuNovember (X)9.5036
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1350–12.5050/bu+0.16−90–−53¢/BuNovember (X)9.4117
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3850–13.0350/bu+0.16−65–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.5050
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6850/bu+0.16−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.6550
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.7350–13.7850/bu+0.16−30–+75¢/BuNovember (X)9.9350

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7750–4.8250/bu+0.03−50–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7940
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6550–4.9750/bu+0.03−62–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8156
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7650–5.0250/bu+0.03−51–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8414
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7250–4.8750/bu+0.03−55–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7843
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5250–4.8750/bu+0.03−75–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7033
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7750–4.8750/bu+0.03−50–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7957
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9550/bu+0.03−32¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9450
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.