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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Dec 17
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1675–9.2875/bu+0.05−60–−48¢/BuJanuary (F)12.6740
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1175–9.4275/bu+0.05−65–−34¢/BuJanuary (F)12.7183
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2175–9.3475/bu+0.05−55–−42¢/BuJanuary (F)12.6264
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2175–9.3675/bu+0.05−55–−40¢/BuJanuary (F)12.6136
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1175–9.3275/bu+0.05−65–−44¢/BuJanuary (F)12.6521
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1875–9.3175/bu+0.05−58–−45¢/BuJanuary (F)12.6664
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4875–9.6175/bu+0.05−28–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)13.0250
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.4175–9.6675/bu+0.05−35–−10¢/BuJanuary (F)12.9150

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1550–4.2550/bu+0.02−28–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.5585
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0150–4.2850/bu+0.02−42–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.6053
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1750–4.4750/bu+0.02−26–+4¢/BuMarch (H)4.5946
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0650–4.2850/bu+0.02−37–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.4404
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8950–4.2350/bu+0.01−54–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.3789
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0250–4.2850/bu+0.02−41–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.4775
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3550–4.3950/bu+0.02−8–−4¢/BuMarch (H)4.7575
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.