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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Dec 18
● Bids as filed14 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5800–11.7500/bu+0.20−62–−45¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4800–11.7800/bu+0.19−72–−42¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5400–11.7500/bu+0.19−66–−45¢/BuJanuary (F)—
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6200–11.7200/bu+0.19−58–−48¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6200–11.8600/bu+0.19−58–−34¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6900–11.7500/bu+0.19−51–−45¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0000/bu+0.19−20¢/BuJanuary (F)—

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1650–4.2250/bu+0.05−21–−15¢/BuMarch (H)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3550/bu+0.03−2¢/BuMarch (H)—
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1250–4.2950/bu+0.05−25–−8¢/BuMarch (H)—
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0550–4.2750/bu+0.13−32–−10¢/BuMarch (H)—
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1350–4.2550/bu+0.05−24–−12¢/BuMarch (H)—
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1650–4.3850/bu+0.05−21–+1¢/BuMarch (H)—
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0350–4.2950/bu+0.04−34–−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.