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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Dec 18
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.7000–12.8700/bu+0.14−57–−40¢/BuJanuary (F)14.2505
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.7200–13.1300/bu+0.11−55–−14¢/BuJanuary (F)14.0742
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6900–12.8200/bu+0.11−58–−45¢/BuJanuary (F)14.4818
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6700–12.7900/bu+0.11−60–−48¢/BuJanuary (F)14.3661
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.7000–12.9300/bu+0.12−57–−34¢/BuJanuary (F)14.1346
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.7200–13.0700/bu+0.08−55–−20¢/BuJanuary (F)14.5918
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.1200–13.2200/bu+0.11−15–−5¢/BuJanuary (F)14.9375
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.6700–13.3700/bu+0.06−60–+10¢/BuJanuary (F)14.6275

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5200–4.7200/bu+0.06−25–−5¢/BuMarch (H)6.5655
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5600–4.8000/bu+0.05−21–+3¢/BuMarch (H)6.2292
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5300–4.7700/bu+0.06−24–0¢/BuMarch (H)6.8139
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4300–4.5700/bu+0.06−34–−20¢/BuMarch (H)6.4725
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2000–4.5900/bu+0.08−57–−18¢/BuMarch (H)6.2682
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3700–4.6200/bu+0.06−40–−15¢/BuMarch (H)6.6911
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7400–4.8200/bu+0.06−3–+5¢/BuMarch (H)6.9975
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.