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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Sep 24
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4750–12.7250/bu+0.02−70–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.3855
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4150–12.6050/bu+0.01−76–−57¢/BuNovember (X)9.3781
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5250–12.6950/bu+0.01−65–−48¢/BuNovember (X)9.3954
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5250–13.8750/bu+0.01−65–+70¢/BuNovember (X)9.3782
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2750–12.7250/bu+0.01−90–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.2792
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5250–13.1550/bu+0.01−65–−2¢/BuNovember (X)9.3725
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.7950/bu+0.01−38¢/BuNovember (X)9.5225
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.8750–14.1750/bu+0.01−30–+100¢/BuNovember (X)9.6775

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7750–4.8750/bu+0.02−50–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8125
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6750–5.0750/bu+0.01−60–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8075
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7650–5.1250/bu+0.02−51–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8446
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7250–4.9250/bu+0.02−55–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8018
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5250–4.8750/bu+0.08−75–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7025
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7750–5.0250/bu+0.02−50–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8132
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9750–5.0250/bu+0.02−30–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9625
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.