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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Dec 17
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3025–12.4325/bu+0.08−55–−42¢/BuJanuary (F)11.6640
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1025–12.3525/bu+0.02−75–−50¢/BuJanuary (F)11.6156
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4025–12.5025/bu+0.08−45–−35¢/BuJanuary (F)11.6575
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3025–12.5525/bu+0.08−55–−30¢/BuJanuary (F)11.6833
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2925–12.4525/bu+0.08−56–−40¢/BuJanuary (F)11.7350
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4025–12.6525/bu+0.08−45–−20¢/BuJanuary (F)11.7150
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.8225–13.0025/bu+0.08−3–+15¢/BuJanuary (F)12.0000
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.4025–12.7025/bu+0.08−45–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)—

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.7525–5.9325/bu+0.02−18–0¢/BuMarch (H)4.2020
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.6925–5.8625/bu+0.02−24–−7¢/BuMarch (H)4.1972
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.7325–5.9925/bu+0.02−20–+6¢/BuMarch (H)4.1921
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.7125–5.9025/bu+0.02−22–−3¢/BuMarch (H)4.2393
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.5825–5.9725/bu+0.06−35–+4¢/BuMarch (H)4.1950
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.5325–5.7025/bu+0.02−40–−23¢/BuMarch (H)4.2033
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered6.0225/bu+0.06+9¢/BuMarch (H)4.3550
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.