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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Sep 29
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2775–12.9775/bu+0.15−70–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.2835
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2275–13.4075/bu+0.10−75–+43¢/BuNovember (X)9.2553
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3775–12.9775/bu+0.10−60–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.2318
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3275–13.8275/bu+0.10−65–+85¢/BuNovember (X)9.2432
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0775–12.9775/bu+0.10−90–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.1925
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3475–12.9775/bu+0.10−63–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.2518
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.9775/bu+0.100¢/BuNovember (X)9.4175
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered13.2275–14.2275/bu+0.60+25–+125¢/BuNovember (X)9.4825

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7200–4.9800/bu+0.01−50–−24¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7160
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6200–5.0700/bu+0.01−60–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7061
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7700–5.1100/bu+0.01−45–−11¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7307
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6900–4.9200/bu+0.01−53–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7107
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5300–4.8200/bu+0.01−69–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6183
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7700–4.9400/bu+0.01−45–−28¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7107
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9700–5.0200/bu+0.01−25–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8600
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.