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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Dec 16
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2200–9.3400/bu+0.06−60–−48¢/BuJanuary (F)12.8080
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1700–9.4800/bu+0.06−65–−34¢/BuJanuary (F)12.8633
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2700–9.4000/bu+0.06−55–−42¢/BuJanuary (F)12.7743
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2700–9.4200/bu+0.06−55–−40¢/BuJanuary (F)12.7586
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1700–9.4100/bu+0.06−65–−41¢/BuJanuary (F)12.8057
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2400–9.3700/bu+0.08−58–−45¢/BuJanuary (F)12.8357
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5400–9.6700/bu+0.06−28–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)13.1700
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.4700–9.7200/bu+0.06−35–−10¢/BuJanuary (F)13.0600

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1700–4.2700/bu+0.03−28–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.6000
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0300–4.3000/bu+0.03−42–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.6511
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1900–4.4900/bu+0.03−26–+4¢/BuMarch (H)4.6300
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0800–4.3000/bu+0.03−37–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.4871
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9000–4.2500/bu+0.03−55–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.4357
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0400–4.3000/bu+0.11−41–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.4843
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3700–4.4100/bu+0.03−8–−4¢/BuMarch (H)4.7800
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.