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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Dec 21
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4675–12.5225/bu+0.12−55–−45¢/BuMarch (H)14.3253
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3925–12.7325/bu+0.14−58–−24¢/BuJanuary (F)14.1397
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3975–12.5675/bu+0.14−62–−45¢/BuMarch (H)14.5461
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3725–12.4925/bu+0.11−60–−48¢/BuJanuary (F)14.3975
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4025–12.7225/bu+0.11−57–−25¢/BuJanuary (F)14.1858
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3925–12.5725/bu+0.14−58–−40¢/BuJanuary (F)14.6408
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.7725–12.8675/bu+0.16−20–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)15.0025
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.3725–13.0725/bu+0.11−60–+10¢/BuJanuary (F)14.6725

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4650–4.7450/bu+0.03−26–+2¢/BuMarch (H)6.6883
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5250–4.7550/bu+0.03−20–+3¢/BuMarch (H)6.4350
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4850–4.7750/bu+0.03−24–+5¢/BuMarch (H)6.9350
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3850–4.6250/bu+0.03−34–−10¢/BuMarch (H)6.6230
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1550–4.5450/bu+0.03−57–−18¢/BuMarch (H)6.3700
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4150–4.5750/bu+0.13−31–−15¢/BuMarch (H)6.8183
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7450–4.7750/bu+0.04+2–+5¢/BuMarch (H)7.1950
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.