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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Sep 25
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4900–12.7400/bu+0.02−70–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.4005
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4300–13.1900/bu+0.02−76–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.3931
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5400–12.7100/bu+0.02−65–−48¢/BuNovember (X)9.3975
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5400–13.8900/bu+0.02−65–+70¢/BuNovember (X)9.3932
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2900–13.0900/bu+0.02−90–−10¢/BuNovember (X)9.3008
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5400–13.1700/bu+0.02−65–−2¢/BuNovember (X)9.3875
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.8100/bu+0.02−38¢/BuNovember (X)9.5375
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.8900–14.1900/bu+0.02−30–+100¢/BuNovember (X)9.6525

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7825–4.8825/bu+0.01−50–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7750
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6825–5.0825/bu+0.01−60–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7700
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7725–5.1325/bu+0.01−51–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7929
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7325–4.9325/bu+0.01−55–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7643
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5925–4.8825/bu+0.07−69–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6700
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6825–5.0325/bu+0.09−60–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7786
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0325–5.0825/bu+0.06−25–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9250
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.