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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Jan 8
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2950–9.3950/bu+0.03−65–−55¢/BuMarch (H)11.8390
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2350–9.4950/bu+0.03−71–−38¢/BuMarch (H)11.8483
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2950–9.4650/bu+0.03−65–−48¢/BuMarch (H)11.7721
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2950–9.4050/bu+0.03−65–−54¢/BuMarch (H)11.8750
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2250–9.3950/bu+0.05−65–−48¢/BuJanuary (F)11.8364
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3050–9.4550/bu+0.03−64–−49¢/BuMarch (H)11.8679
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6450–9.7550/bu+0.03−30–−19¢/BuMarch (H)12.1650
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.5450–9.7550/bu+0.03−40–−19¢/BuMarch (H)11.9950

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2600–4.3400/bu+0.04−28–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.4530
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1600–4.3900/bu+0.04−38–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.4961
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2500–4.5400/bu+0.04−29–0¢/BuMarch (H)4.5021
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2000–4.2900/bu+0.04−34–−25¢/BuMarch (H)4.4364
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9200–4.3200/bu+0.04−62–−22¢/BuMarch (H)4.3136
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0700–4.3900/bu+0.03−47–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.3964
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4700/bu+0.04−7¢/BuMarch (H)4.6500
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.