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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Sep 30
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2300–12.9300/bu+0.05−70–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.3960
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1800–13.2800/bu+0.05−75–+35¢/BuNovember (X)9.3689
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3300–12.9300/bu+0.05−60–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.3386
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2800–13.7800/bu+0.05−65–+85¢/BuNovember (X)9.3557
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0300–12.9300/bu+0.05−90–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.2833
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3000–12.9300/bu+0.05−63–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.3714
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.9300/bu+0.050¢/BuNovember (X)9.5300
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.9300–14.1800/bu+0.300–+125¢/BuNovember (X)9.5950

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5075–4.7675/bu+0.21−50–−24¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7260
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4075–4.8575/bu+0.21−60–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7139
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5575–4.8975/bu+0.21−45–−11¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7407
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4775–4.7075/bu+0.21−53–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7164
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3175–4.6075/bu+0.21−69–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6200
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5575–5.0175/bu+0.21−45–+1¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7236
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7575–4.8075/bu+0.21−25–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8700
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.