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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Jan 3
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2200–12.3200/bu+0.09−55–−45¢/BuMarch (H)14.3655
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0700–12.3800/bu+0.09−70–−39¢/BuMarch (H)14.2359
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1400–12.2900/bu+0.01−63–−48¢/BuMarch (H)14.6350
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1900–12.3200/bu+0.11−58–−45¢/BuMarch (H)14.4089
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9900–12.4700/bu+0.08−78–−30¢/BuMarch (H)14.2614
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1500–12.3400/bu+0.04−62–−43¢/BuMarch (H)14.6607
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5700–12.6200/bu+0.05−20–−15¢/BuMarch (H)15.0250
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.1200–12.6200/bu+0.04−65–−15¢/BuMarch (H)14.7550

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4025–4.6125/bu+0.03−25–−4¢/BuMarch (H)6.5565
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4525–4.7025/bu+0.02−20–+5¢/BuMarch (H)6.3575
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4125–4.7225/bu+0.02−24–+7¢/BuMarch (H)6.8146
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4025–4.6025/bu+0.04−25–−5¢/BuMarch (H)6.4832
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1325–4.5225/bu+0.11−52–−13¢/BuMarch (H)6.3089
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3025–4.5525/bu+0.02−35–−10¢/BuMarch (H)6.6875
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6525–4.7525/bu+0.060–+10¢/BuMarch (H)7.0275
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.