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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Dec 27
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1375–9.3175/bu+0.02−76–−58¢/BuMarch (H)12.4440
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1200–9.4100/bu+0.05−68–−39¢/BuJanuary (F)12.4683
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1900–9.3975/bu+0.00−61–−50¢/BuJanuary (F)12.4300
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1875–9.3000/bu+0.03−71–−50¢/BuMarch (H)12.4686
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1500–9.3200/bu+0.05−65–−48¢/BuJanuary (F)12.4779
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2175–9.3975/bu+0.03−68–−50¢/BuMarch (H)12.5271
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5375–9.6975/bu+0.09−36–−20¢/BuMarch (H)12.8050
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.4975–9.6975/bu+0.09−40–−20¢/BuMarch (H)12.6665

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2600–4.3400/bu+0.06−28–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.5555
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1600–4.3900/bu+0.03−38–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.6014
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2800–4.5400/bu+0.06−26–0¢/BuMarch (H)4.5925
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1800–4.3700/bu+0.05−36–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.5282
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9700–4.3200/bu+0.07−57–−22¢/BuMarch (H)4.4096
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0700–4.3900/bu+0.05−47–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.4882
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4600–4.5000/bu+0.06−8–−4¢/BuMarch (H)4.7975
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.