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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Jan 7
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3225–9.4225/bu+0.01−65–−55¢/BuMarch (H)11.9590
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2625–9.6225/bu+0.01−71–−35¢/BuMarch (H)11.9650
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3225–9.4925/bu+0.05−65–−48¢/BuMarch (H)11.9093
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3225–9.4225/bu+0.01−65–−55¢/BuMarch (H)11.9879
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2725–9.4425/bu+0.00−65–−48¢/BuJanuary (F)11.9493
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3325–9.4525/bu+0.01−64–−52¢/BuMarch (H)11.9921
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6725–9.7225/bu+0.05−30–−25¢/BuMarch (H)12.4850
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.5725–9.7725/bu+0.01−40–−20¢/BuMarch (H)12.1150

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3000–4.3800/bu+0.00−28–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.4445
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2000–4.4300/bu+0.02−38–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.4958
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2900–4.5800/bu+0.00−29–0¢/BuMarch (H)4.4839
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2400–4.3400/bu+0.01−34–−24¢/BuMarch (H)4.4054
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9600–4.3600/bu+0.02−62–−22¢/BuMarch (H)4.2882
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1000–4.4300/bu+0.00−48–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.3911
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5100/bu+0.01−7¢/BuMarch (H)4.6325
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.