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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Dec 31
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3150–9.5250/bu+0.18−79–−58¢/BuMarch (H)12.2120
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3325–9.7550/bu+0.19−65–−35¢/BuJanuary (F)12.2306
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3725–9.6050/bu+0.16−61–−50¢/BuJanuary (F)12.1850
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3650–9.5050/bu+0.18−74–−60¢/BuMarch (H)12.2236
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3325–9.5225/bu+0.16−65–−46¢/BuJanuary (F)12.2600
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4325–9.6050/bu+0.20−55–−50¢/BuJanuary (F)12.2679
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6850–9.9050/bu+0.17−42–−20¢/BuMarch (H)12.5550
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.6825–9.9050/bu+0.17−30–−20¢/BuJanuary (F)12.4200

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3050–4.3850/bu+0.06−28–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.4835
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2050–4.4350/bu+0.06−38–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.5319
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3250–4.5850/bu+0.06−26–0¢/BuMarch (H)4.5175
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2350–4.3850/bu+0.06−35–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.4561
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0150–4.3650/bu+0.05−57–−22¢/BuMarch (H)4.3346
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1150–4.4350/bu+0.06−47–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.4189
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5150–4.5450/bu+0.06−7–−4¢/BuMarch (H)4.7225
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.