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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Jan 3
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2575–9.3375/bu+0.09−66–−58¢/BuMarch (H)12.0465
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2075–9.5675/bu+0.14−71–−35¢/BuMarch (H)12.0425
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2675–9.4175/bu+0.18−65–−50¢/BuMarch (H)11.9925
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2600–9.3675/bu+0.17−55¢/BuJanuary (F)12.0654
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1600–9.3400/bu+0.19−65–−47¢/BuJanuary (F)12.0268
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2175–9.4175/bu+0.23−70–−50¢/BuMarch (H)12.0882
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5575–9.6675/bu+0.33−36–−25¢/BuMarch (H)12.3625
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.5175–9.7175/bu+0.20−40–−20¢/BuMarch (H)12.1925

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2275–4.3075/bu+0.07−28–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.4515
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1275–4.3575/bu+0.08−38–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.4997
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2475–4.4775/bu+0.09−26–−3¢/BuMarch (H)4.4946
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1575–4.2675/bu+0.08−35–−24¢/BuMarch (H)4.4275
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9075–4.3075/bu+0.12−60–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.3032
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0375–4.3575/bu+0.09−47–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.4061
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4275–4.4375/bu+0.10−8–−7¢/BuMarch (H)4.6475
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.