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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Dec 12
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3575–9.4875/bu+0.00−60–−47¢/BuJanuary (F)12.6840
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3075–9.6575/bu+0.00−65–−30¢/BuJanuary (F)12.7289
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4075–9.5375/bu+0.00−55–−42¢/BuJanuary (F)12.6443
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4075–9.5575/bu+0.01−55–−40¢/BuJanuary (F)12.6286
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3075–9.5675/bu+0.00−65–−39¢/BuJanuary (F)12.6729
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3775–9.5075/bu+0.00−58–−45¢/BuJanuary (F)12.7100
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6775–9.8075/bu+0.00−28–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)13.0400
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.6075–9.8575/bu+0.00−35–−10¢/BuJanuary (F)12.9350

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1550–4.2550/bu+0.05−28–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.6095
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0650–4.2850/bu+0.04−37–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.6558
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1750–4.4750/bu+0.05−26–+4¢/BuMarch (H)4.6482
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0650–4.2850/bu+0.05−37–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.5011
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8850–4.2350/bu+0.05−55–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.4282
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9650–4.2850/bu+0.05−47–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.4996
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3550–4.4150/bu+0.05−8–−2¢/BuMarch (H)4.7625
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.