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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Dec 19
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.9400–9.1300/bu+0.07−69–−50¢/BuJanuary (F)12.4885
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.9500–9.2400/bu+0.08−68–−39¢/BuJanuary (F)12.5525
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.0800–9.1500/bu+0.11−55–−48¢/BuJanuary (F)12.4539
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.9900–9.1300/bu+0.07−64–−50¢/BuJanuary (F)12.4461
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.9800–9.1900/bu+0.11−65–−44¢/BuJanuary (F)12.5361
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.0500–9.1300/bu+0.11−58–−50¢/BuJanuary (F)12.4868
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2700–9.4300/bu+0.08−36–−20¢/BuJanuary (F)12.8200
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.2300–9.4800/bu+0.11−40–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)12.7525

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1275–4.2275/bu+0.04−28–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.5610
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9875–4.2575/bu+0.07−42–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.6028
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0775–4.4075/bu+0.04−33–0¢/BuMarch (H)4.6050
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0375–4.2575/bu+0.04−37–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.4607
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8575–4.1875/bu+0.04−55–−22¢/BuMarch (H)4.4007
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9875–4.2575/bu+0.03−42–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.5093
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3275–4.3675/bu+0.04−8–−4¢/BuMarch (H)4.7600
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.