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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Dec 18
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.8675–9.0275/bu+0.30−65–−49¢/BuJanuary (F)12.6280
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.8675–9.2675/bu+0.25−65–−25¢/BuJanuary (F)12.6803
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.9675–9.0975/bu+0.25−55–−42¢/BuJanuary (F)12.5811
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.9175–9.0275/bu+0.30−60–−49¢/BuJanuary (F)12.5754
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.8675–9.0875/bu+0.25−65–−43¢/BuJanuary (F)12.6504
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.9375–9.0775/bu+0.25−58–−44¢/BuJanuary (F)12.6196
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1875–9.3175/bu+0.30−33–−20¢/BuJanuary (F)12.9700
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.1175–9.3675/bu+0.30−40–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)12.8725

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0925–4.1925/bu+0.06−28–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.5255
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9225–4.2425/bu+0.09−45–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.5731
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1125–4.4125/bu+0.06−26–+4¢/BuMarch (H)4.5775
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0025–4.2225/bu+0.06−37–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.4332
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8225–4.1525/bu+0.07−55–−22¢/BuMarch (H)4.3732
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9625–4.2225/bu+0.06−41–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.4532
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2925–4.3325/bu+0.06−8–−4¢/BuMarch (H)4.7275
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.