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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Oct 1
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1400–12.8400/bu+0.09−70–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.4985
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0900–12.9700/bu+0.09−75–+13¢/BuNovember (X)9.4764
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2400–12.3600/bu+0.09−60–−48¢/BuNovember (X)9.4418
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0900–13.6900/bu+0.19−75–+85¢/BuNovember (X)9.4618
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9400–12.8400/bu+0.09−90–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.4075
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2100–12.8400/bu+0.09−63–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.4618
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.8400/bu+0.090¢/BuNovember (X)9.5875
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.8400–14.0900/bu+0.090–+125¢/BuNovember (X)9.7025

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5425–4.7325/bu+0.04−48–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7785
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4325–4.8725/bu+0.03−59–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7664
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5725–4.6725/bu+0.02−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7789
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6225–4.6725/bu+0.15−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7661
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2725–4.6225/bu+0.05−75–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6742
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5225–4.7325/bu+0.04−50–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7775
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7725–4.8225/bu+0.02−25–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9175
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.