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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Dec 15
● Bids as filed14 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2025–11.3425/bu+0.16−64–−50¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1225–11.4225/bu+0.16−72–−42¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1825–11.3425/bu+0.15−66–−50¢/BuJanuary (F)—
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2425–11.3625/bu+0.15−60–−48¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2225–11.6525/bu+0.15−62–−19¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3325–11.3925/bu+0.20−51–−45¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6125–11.6425/bu+0.15−23–−20¢/BuJanuary (F)—

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0375–4.0975/bu+0.10−21–−15¢/BuMarch (H)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2575/bu+0.17+1¢/BuMarch (H)—
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9975–4.1475/bu+0.02−25–−10¢/BuMarch (H)—
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9375–4.1375/bu+0.02−31–−11¢/BuMarch (H)—
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0075–4.1275/bu+0.01−24–−12¢/BuMarch (H)—
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0375–4.3175/bu+0.01−21–+7¢/BuMarch (H)—
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0175–4.1675/bu+0.01−23–−8¢/BuMarch (H)—
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.