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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Sep 23
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4600–12.7300/bu+0.08−72–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.3530
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4200–12.6100/bu+0.08−76–−57¢/BuNovember (X)9.3456
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5300–12.7000/bu+0.08−65–−48¢/BuNovember (X)9.3657
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5300–13.6300/bu+0.08−65–+45¢/BuNovember (X)9.3386
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2800–12.7300/bu+0.08−90–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.2500
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5300–13.1800/bu+0.08−65–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.3400
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.8000/bu+0.08−38¢/BuNovember (X)9.4900
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.8800–14.1800/bu+0.08−30–+100¢/BuNovember (X)9.6600

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7900–4.8900/bu+0.08−50–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7975
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6800–5.0900/bu+0.08−61–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7958
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7800–5.1100/bu+0.08−51–−18¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8296
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7400–4.8900/bu+0.08−55–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7868
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6000–4.8900/bu+0.01−69–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6875
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7900–5.0400/bu+0.08−50–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7982
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9900–5.0400/bu+0.08−30–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9475
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.