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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Dec 29
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3350–12.5800/bu+0.22−60–−40¢/BuJanuary (F)14.7798
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2300–12.6850/bu+0.24−75–−25¢/BuMarch (H)14.6528
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3800–12.5000/bu+0.12−60–−48¢/BuMarch (H)15.0261
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3300–12.5300/bu+0.14−65–−45¢/BuMarch (H)14.8232
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2650–12.6800/bu+0.12−67–−30¢/BuJanuary (F)14.7046
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3600–12.7300/bu+0.14−62–−25¢/BuMarch (H)15.1404
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.7800–12.8300/bu+0.14−20–−15¢/BuMarch (H)15.4263
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.3300–12.8850/bu+0.12−65–−5¢/BuMarch (H)15.1723

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4525–4.8025/bu+0.03−26–+9¢/BuMarch (H)6.8270
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5125–4.7425/bu+0.03−20–+3¢/BuMarch (H)6.6106
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4725–4.7625/bu+0.03−24–+5¢/BuMarch (H)7.0550
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4425–4.7125/bu+0.03−27–0¢/BuMarch (H)6.7607
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1025–4.5325/bu+0.03−61–−18¢/BuMarch (H)6.5793
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3125–4.5925/bu+0.03−40–−12¢/BuMarch (H)6.9893
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7825–4.8125/bu+0.03+7–+10¢/BuMarch (H)7.2600
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.