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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Dec 24
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1225–9.2625/bu+0.06−69–−49¢/BuMarch (H)—
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.0725–9.3525/bu+0.06−68–−40¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1925–9.3325/bu+0.06−56–−48¢/BuJanuary (F)—
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1625–9.2525/bu+0.06−59–−50¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1025–9.2725/bu+0.06−65–−48¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1925–9.3125/bu+0.05−62–−50¢/BuMarch (H)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4525–9.6125/bu+0.06−36–−20¢/BuMarch (H)—
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.4125–9.6125/bu+0.06−40–−20¢/BuMarch (H)—

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2050–4.3050/bu+0.01−28–−18¢/BuMarch (H)—
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1350–4.3350/bu+0.08−35–−15¢/BuMarch (H)—
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2250–4.4850/bu+0.01−26–0¢/BuMarch (H)—
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1350–4.3350/bu+0.01−35–−15¢/BuMarch (H)—
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9050–4.2650/bu+0.01−58–−22¢/BuMarch (H)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0250–4.3350/bu+0.01−46–−15¢/BuMarch (H)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4050–4.4450/bu+0.01−8–−4¢/BuMarch (H)—
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.