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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Dec 20
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5825–12.6825/bu+0.04−50–−40¢/BuJanuary (F)14.4620
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5325–12.9325/bu+0.04−55–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)14.2722
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5325–12.6325/bu+0.04−55–−45¢/BuJanuary (F)14.6714
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4825–12.6125/bu+0.04−60–−47¢/BuJanuary (F)14.5671
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5125–12.8325/bu+0.04−57–−25¢/BuJanuary (F)14.3414
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5325–12.6825/bu+0.04−55–−40¢/BuJanuary (F)14.7786
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.9325–13.0075/bu+0.04−15¢/BuJanuary (F)15.1350
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.4825–13.1825/bu+0.04−60–+10¢/BuJanuary (F)14.8150

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4375–4.6375/bu+0.04−26–−6¢/BuMarch (H)6.7155
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4975–4.7275/bu+0.02−20–+3¢/BuMarch (H)6.4147
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4575–4.7475/bu+0.03−24–+5¢/BuMarch (H)6.9525
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3575–4.5975/bu+0.03−34–−10¢/BuMarch (H)6.6296
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1275–4.5175/bu+0.09−57–−18¢/BuMarch (H)6.4168
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2875–4.5475/bu+0.04−41–−15¢/BuMarch (H)6.8496
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7075–4.7475/bu+0.03+1–+5¢/BuMarch (H)7.1975
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.