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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Sep 22
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5350–12.6550/bu+0.03−72–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.3830
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4950–12.7450/bu+0.04−76–−51¢/BuNovember (X)9.3756
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6050–12.7750/bu+0.03−65–−48¢/BuNovember (X)9.3957
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6050–13.7050/bu+0.03−65–+45¢/BuNovember (X)9.3686
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3550–12.6950/bu+0.03−90–−56¢/BuNovember (X)9.2783
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6050–13.2550/bu+0.03−65–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.3700
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.7250/bu+0.03−53¢/BuNovember (X)9.5200
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.9550–14.2550/bu+0.03−30–+100¢/BuNovember (X)9.7300

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8675–4.9675/bu+0.06−50–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8175
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7575–5.1675/bu+0.05−61–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8136
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8575–5.1675/bu+0.06−51–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8496
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8175–4.9675/bu+0.06−55–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8068
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6075–4.9675/bu+0.07−76–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7142
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8675–4.9675/bu+0.06−50–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8182
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0675/bu+0.04−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9675
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.