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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Jan 2
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3450–9.6600/bu+0.03−65–−46¢/BuJanuary (F)12.1600
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3450–9.7700/bu+0.01−65–−35¢/BuJanuary (F)12.1672
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4450–9.6300/bu+0.07−55–−49¢/BuJanuary (F)12.1121
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4250–9.6400/bu+0.06−57–−48¢/BuJanuary (F)12.1779
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3450–9.5700/bu+0.01−65–−55¢/BuJanuary (F)12.1314
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4450–9.7200/bu+0.01−55–−40¢/BuJanuary (F)12.2079
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8900–9.9200/bu+0.21−23–−20¢/BuMarch (H)12.4750
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.7200–9.9200/bu+0.04−40–−20¢/BuMarch (H)12.3050

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2950–4.3950/bu+0.01−30–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.5080
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2050–4.4450/bu—−39–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.5583
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3350–4.5950/bu+0.01−26–0¢/BuMarch (H)4.5521
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2350–4.3750/bu—−36–−22¢/BuMarch (H)4.4850
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0250–4.3950/bu+0.01−57–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.3636
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1250–4.4450/bu+0.01−47–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.4636
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5250/bu+0.01−7¢/BuMarch (H)4.6950
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.