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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Jan 4
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1250–12.2250/bu+0.10−55–−45¢/BuMarch (H)14.2405
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9750–12.2850/bu+0.10−70–−39¢/BuMarch (H)14.1100
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0450–12.1950/bu+0.10−63–−48¢/BuMarch (H)14.5075
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0950–12.2250/bu+0.10−58–−45¢/BuMarch (H)14.2761
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8950–12.3750/bu+0.10−78–−30¢/BuMarch (H)14.1418
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0550–12.3750/bu+0.10−62–−30¢/BuMarch (H)14.5332
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4750/bu+0.10−20¢/BuMarch (H)14.8975
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.9750–12.5250/bu+0.15−70–−15¢/BuMarch (H)14.6275

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4150–4.6150/bu+0.01−25–−5¢/BuMarch (H)6.5445
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4650–4.7150/bu+0.01−20–+5¢/BuMarch (H)6.3475
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4250–4.7350/bu+0.01−24–+7¢/BuMarch (H)6.8046
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4150–4.6150/bu+0.01−25–−5¢/BuMarch (H)6.4804
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1450–4.5350/bu+0.01−52–−13¢/BuMarch (H)6.2989
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3150–4.5650/bu+0.01−35–−10¢/BuMarch (H)6.6646
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6550–4.7350/bu+0.00−1–+7¢/BuMarch (H)7.0175
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.