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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Dec 4
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2375–9.3875/bu+0.08−60–−45¢/BuJanuary (F)12.4800
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1875–9.5375/bu+0.08−65–−30¢/BuJanuary (F)12.5150
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2875–9.4675/bu+0.08−55–−37¢/BuJanuary (F)12.4507
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2875–9.4375/bu+0.02−55–−40¢/BuJanuary (F)12.4364
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1875–9.4975/bu+0.08−65–−34¢/BuJanuary (F)12.3993
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2475–9.4375/bu+0.03−59–−40¢/BuJanuary (F)12.4836
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5575–9.7375/bu+0.08−28–−10¢/BuJanuary (F)12.8300
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.4875–9.7875/bu+0.08−35–−5¢/BuJanuary (F)12.7300

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0500–4.1500/bu+0.02−25–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.6175
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8300–4.1500/bu+0.02−47–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.7136
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0400–4.3200/bu+0.02−26–+2¢/BuMarch (H)4.6611
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9500–4.1500/bu+0.02−35–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.5268
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7500–4.1000/bu+0.02−55–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.4625
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8300–4.0700/bu+0.02−47–−23¢/BuMarch (H)4.5211
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2400–4.2900/bu+0.02−6–−1¢/BuMarch (H)4.7925
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.