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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Dec 17
● Bids as filed14 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3825–11.5325/bu+0.18−63–−48¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2925–11.5925/bu+0.19−72–−42¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3525–11.5125/bu+0.18−66–−50¢/BuJanuary (F)—
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4325–11.5325/bu+0.18−58–−48¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4325–11.7725/bu+0.17−58–−24¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5025–11.5625/bu+0.18−51–−45¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8125/bu+0.18−20¢/BuJanuary (F)—

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1150–4.1750/bu+0.05−21–−15¢/BuMarch (H)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3250/bu+0.040¢/BuMarch (H)—
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0750–4.2450/bu+0.05−25–−8¢/BuMarch (H)—
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9250–4.2250/bu+0.01−40–−10¢/BuMarch (H)—
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0850–4.2050/bu+0.05−24–−12¢/BuMarch (H)—
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1150–4.3350/bu+0.05−21–+1¢/BuMarch (H)—
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9950–4.2450/bu+0.05−33–−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.