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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Dec 4
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5125–12.6625/bu+0.09−55–−40¢/BuJanuary (F)14.1015
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5125–12.7725/bu+0.14−55–−29¢/BuJanuary (F)13.8731
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4625–12.5825/bu+0.19−60–−48¢/BuJanuary (F)14.3346
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4225–12.5825/bu+0.23−64–−48¢/BuJanuary (F)14.1575
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3425–12.6125/bu+0.28−72–−45¢/BuJanuary (F)13.9861
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5125–12.7625/bu+0.19−55–−30¢/BuJanuary (F)14.3632
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.8625–13.0125/bu+0.19−20–−5¢/BuJanuary (F)14.8025
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.6125–13.0625/bu+0.19−45–0¢/BuJanuary (F)14.4825

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5350–4.7750/bu+0.04−32–−8¢/BuMarch (H)6.4890
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6250–4.8550/bu+0.04−23–0¢/BuMarch (H)6.1594
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4050–4.7550/bu+0.15−45–−10¢/BuMarch (H)6.7107
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4750–4.7050/bu+0.01−38–−15¢/BuMarch (H)6.4025
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2450–4.6250/bu+0.04−61–−23¢/BuMarch (H)6.2007
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4550–4.6550/bu+0.06−40–−20¢/BuMarch (H)6.6136
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7550–4.7950/bu+0.01−10–−6¢/BuMarch (H)6.9050
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.