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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Dec 30
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1375–9.3375/bu—−78–−58¢/BuMarch (H)—
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1400–9.5675/bu+0.02−68–−35¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2100–9.4175/bu+0.02−61–−50¢/BuJanuary (F)—
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1875–9.3175/bu—−73–−60¢/BuMarch (H)—
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1700–9.3200/bu+0.02−65–−50¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2375–9.4175/bu+0.02−68–−50¢/BuMarch (H)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5175–9.7175/bu+0.02−40–−20¢/BuMarch (H)—
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.5175–9.7175/bu+0.02−40–−20¢/BuMarch (H)—

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2425–4.3225/bu+0.02−28–−20¢/BuMarch (H)—
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1425–4.3725/bu+0.02−38–−15¢/BuMarch (H)—
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2625–4.5225/bu+0.02−26–0¢/BuMarch (H)—
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1725–4.3225/bu+0.01−35–−20¢/BuMarch (H)—
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9625–4.3025/bu+0.01−56–−22¢/BuMarch (H)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0525–4.3725/bu+0.02−47–−15¢/BuMarch (H)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4525/bu+0.01−7¢/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.