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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Jan 6
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3275–9.4275/bu+0.07−65–−55¢/BuMarch (H)11.9300
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2675–9.6275/bu+0.06−71–−35¢/BuMarch (H)11.9350
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2775–9.4975/bu+0.01−70–−48¢/BuMarch (H)11.8793
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3275–9.4275/bu+0.07−65–−55¢/BuMarch (H)11.9579
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2750–9.4350/bu+0.12−65–−49¢/BuJanuary (F)11.9193
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3375–9.5275/bu+0.12−64–−45¢/BuMarch (H)11.9621
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7175–9.7275/bu+0.16−26–−25¢/BuMarch (H)12.2550
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.5775–9.7775/bu+0.06−40–−20¢/BuMarch (H)12.0850

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2975–4.3775/bu+0.07−28–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.3990
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1775–4.4275/bu+0.05−40–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.4533
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2875–4.5775/bu+0.04−29–0¢/BuMarch (H)4.4414
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2275–4.3375/bu+0.07−35–−24¢/BuMarch (H)4.3629
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9775–4.3775/bu+0.07−60–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.2457
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0975–4.4275/bu+0.06−48–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.3486
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4975–4.5075/bu+0.07−8–−7¢/BuMarch (H)4.5900
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.