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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Dec 5
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5050–12.6550/bu+0.01−55–−40¢/BuJanuary (F)14.2750
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5050–12.7650/bu+0.01−55–−29¢/BuJanuary (F)14.0233
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4550–12.6050/bu+0.01−60–−45¢/BuJanuary (F)14.5071
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4550–12.5750/bu+0.03−60–−48¢/BuJanuary (F)14.3300
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3350–12.6050/bu+0.01−72–−45¢/BuJanuary (F)14.1586
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5050–12.7550/bu+0.01−55–−30¢/BuJanuary (F)14.5643
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.8550–13.0050/bu+0.01−20–−5¢/BuJanuary (F)15.0750
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.6050–13.0550/bu+0.01−45–0¢/BuJanuary (F)14.6550

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5050–4.8250/bu+0.03−40–−8¢/BuMarch (H)6.4675
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6750–4.9350/bu+0.05−23–+3¢/BuMarch (H)6.1403
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6150–4.8050/bu+0.21−29–−10¢/BuMarch (H)6.6782
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5250–4.7550/bu+0.05−38–−15¢/BuMarch (H)6.3843
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2950–4.6750/bu+0.05−61–−23¢/BuMarch (H)6.2025
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5050–4.7050/bu+0.05−40–−20¢/BuMarch (H)6.5896
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8050–4.8450/bu+0.05−10–−6¢/BuMarch (H)6.9225
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.