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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Dec 15
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0850–12.2050/bu+0.03−54–−42¢/BuJanuary (F)11.3095
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8750–12.2250/bu+0.03−75–−40¢/BuJanuary (F)11.2675
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1750–12.2750/bu+0.03−45–−35¢/BuJanuary (F)11.2900
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0750–12.3250/bu+0.03−55–−30¢/BuJanuary (F)11.3215
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0050–12.2550/bu+0.03−62–−37¢/BuJanuary (F)11.4725
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1750–12.4250/bu+0.06−45–−20¢/BuJanuary (F)11.3542
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.8250/bu+0.26+20¢/BuJanuary (F)11.6375
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.1750–12.6250/bu+0.03−45–0¢/BuJanuary (F)—

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.6775–5.8175/bu+0.05−18–−4¢/BuMarch (H)4.0975
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.6075–5.7675/bu+0.04−25–−9¢/BuMarch (H)4.0869
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.6575–5.9175/bu+0.05−20–+6¢/BuMarch (H)4.0896
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.5575–5.8275/bu+0.10−30–−3¢/BuMarch (H)4.1542
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.4675–5.8975/bu+0.07−39–+4¢/BuMarch (H)4.0975
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.4575–5.6275/bu+0.05−40–−23¢/BuMarch (H)4.0942
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.9075/bu+0.05+5¢/BuMarch (H)4.2825
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.