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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

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

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5575–12.7575/bu+0.08−60–−40¢/BuJanuary (F)14.4520
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6075–13.0175/bu+0.02−55–−14¢/BuJanuary (F)14.2611
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5775–12.7075/bu+0.02−58–−45¢/BuJanuary (F)14.6743
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5575–12.6775/bu+0.02−60–−48¢/BuJanuary (F)14.5686
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5775–12.8175/bu+0.02−58–−34¢/BuJanuary (F)14.3271
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6375–12.9575/bu+0.02−52–−20¢/BuJanuary (F)14.7843
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.0075–13.1075/bu+0.02−15–−5¢/BuJanuary (F)15.1250
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.6075–13.2575/bu+0.02−55–+10¢/BuJanuary (F)14.8200

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5800–4.7800/bu+0.11−25–−5¢/BuMarch (H)6.6230
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6100–4.8600/bu+0.05−22–+3¢/BuMarch (H)6.2844
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5900–4.8300/bu+0.04−24–0¢/BuMarch (H)6.8714
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4900–4.6300/bu+0.04−34–−20¢/BuMarch (H)6.5443
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2800–4.6500/bu+0.04−55–−18¢/BuMarch (H)6.3143
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4300–4.6800/bu+0.04−40–−15¢/BuMarch (H)6.7486
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8000/bu+0.04−3¢/BuMarch (H)7.0300
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.