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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Sep 28
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1325–12.8825/bu+0.36−75–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.3680
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1325–13.3125/bu+0.30−75–+43¢/BuNovember (X)9.3428
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2825–12.8825/bu+0.26−60–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.3293
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2325–13.7325/bu+0.31−65–+85¢/BuNovember (X)9.3421
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9825–12.8825/bu+0.31−90–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.2500
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2525–12.8825/bu+0.29−63–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.3436
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.8825/bu+0.070¢/BuNovember (X)9.5050
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.6325–14.1325/bu+0.26−25–+125¢/BuNovember (X)9.5750

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7300–4.8300/bu+0.05−50–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7700
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6300–5.0300/bu+0.05−60–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7650
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7800–5.1000/bu+0.01−45–−13¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7879
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7000–4.8800/bu+0.03−53–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7636
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5400–4.8300/bu+0.05−69–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6650
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7800–4.9500/bu+0.10−45–−28¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7736
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9800–5.0300/bu+0.05−25–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9200
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.