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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Dec 19
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6250–12.7250/bu+0.08−50–−40¢/BuJanuary (F)14.4370
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5750–12.9850/bu+0.15−55–−14¢/BuJanuary (F)14.2517
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5750–12.6750/bu+0.12−55–−45¢/BuJanuary (F)14.6464
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5250–12.6450/bu+0.15−60–−48¢/BuJanuary (F)14.5436
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5550–12.7850/bu+0.15−57–−34¢/BuJanuary (F)14.3283
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5750–12.7250/bu+0.15−55–−40¢/BuJanuary (F)14.7667
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.9750–13.0750/bu+0.15−15–−5¢/BuJanuary (F)15.1150
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.5250–13.2250/bu+0.15−60–+10¢/BuJanuary (F)14.8050

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4775–4.6775/bu+0.04−25–−5¢/BuMarch (H)6.6130
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5175–4.7575/bu+0.04−21–+3¢/BuMarch (H)6.2989
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4875–4.7275/bu+0.04−24–0¢/BuMarch (H)6.8614
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3875–4.5275/bu+0.04−34–−20¢/BuMarch (H)6.5200
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0375–4.5475/bu+0.16−69–−18¢/BuMarch (H)6.3033
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3275–4.5775/bu+0.04−40–−15¢/BuMarch (H)6.7517
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7375–4.7775/bu+0.00+1–+5¢/BuMarch (H)7.0800
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.