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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Dec 3
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3175–9.4175/bu+0.07−60–−50¢/BuJanuary (F)12.5780
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2675–9.6175/bu+0.04−65–−30¢/BuJanuary (F)12.6150
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3675–9.5475/bu+0.12−55–−37¢/BuJanuary (F)12.5321
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2675–9.5175/bu+0.07−65–−40¢/BuJanuary (F)12.5364
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2675–9.5975/bu+0.12−65–−32¢/BuJanuary (F)12.5050
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2175–9.4675/bu+0.07−70–−45¢/BuJanuary (F)12.5850
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6375–9.8175/bu+0.07−28–−10¢/BuJanuary (F)12.9300
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.5675–9.8675/bu+0.07−35–−5¢/BuJanuary (F)12.8450

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0725–4.1825/bu+0.03−25–−14¢/BuMarch (H)4.6750
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8525–4.1725/bu+0.02−47–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.7761
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0625–4.3425/bu+0.08−26–+2¢/BuMarch (H)4.7164
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9725–4.1725/bu+0.00−35–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.5893
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7725–4.1225/bu+0.00−55–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.5207
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8525–4.0925/bu+0.08−47–−23¢/BuMarch (H)4.5793
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2625–4.3125/bu+0.02−6–−1¢/BuMarch (H)4.8250
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.