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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Dec 6
● 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—−60–−45¢/BuJanuary (F)12.5740
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2875–9.7375/bu—−65–−20¢/BuJanuary (F)12.6311
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3875–9.5475/bu—−55–−39¢/BuJanuary (F)12.5386
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3775–9.5375/bu+0.01−56–−40¢/BuJanuary (F)12.5214
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2875–9.5375/bu—−65–−40¢/BuJanuary (F)12.4971
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3475–9.5375/bu—−59–−40¢/BuJanuary (F)12.5986
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6575–9.8375/bu—−28–−10¢/BuJanuary (F)12.9500
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.5875–9.8875/bu—−35–−5¢/BuJanuary (F)12.8400

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1500–4.2500/bu+0.05−25–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.6600
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9500–4.2500/bu+0.07−45–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.7228
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1400–4.4200/bu+0.05−26–+2¢/BuMarch (H)4.6993
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0500–4.2500/bu+0.05−35–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.5407
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0000–4.2000/bu+0.20−40–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.4779
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9200–4.1500/bu+0.04−48–−25¢/BuMarch (H)4.5393
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3100–4.3900/bu+0.02−9–−1¢/BuMarch (H)4.8150
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.