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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Dec 5
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3375–9.4875/bu+0.10−60–−45¢/BuJanuary (F)12.6495
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2875–9.6375/bu+0.10−65–−30¢/BuJanuary (F)12.6908
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3875–9.5675/bu+0.10−55–−37¢/BuJanuary (F)12.6104
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3875–9.5375/bu+0.10−55–−40¢/BuJanuary (F)12.5989
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2875–9.5975/bu+0.10−65–−34¢/BuJanuary (F)12.5661
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3475–9.5375/bu+0.10−59–−40¢/BuJanuary (F)12.6632
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6575–9.8375/bu+0.10−28–−10¢/BuJanuary (F)13.0225
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.5875–9.8875/bu+0.10−35–−5¢/BuJanuary (F)12.8925

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1000–4.2000/bu+0.05−25–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.6860
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8800–4.2000/bu+0.05−47–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.7500
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0900–4.3700/bu+0.05−26–+2¢/BuMarch (H)4.7057
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0000–4.2000/bu+0.05−35–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.5657
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8000–4.1500/bu+0.05−55–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.5057
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8800–4.1200/bu+0.05−47–−23¢/BuMarch (H)4.5671
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2900–4.3400/bu+0.05−6–−1¢/BuMarch (H)4.8550
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.