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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Jan 9
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3400–9.4600/bu+0.05−65–−53¢/BuMarch (H)11.8290
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2800–9.5425/bu+0.05−71–−38¢/BuMarch (H)11.8483
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3400–9.5100/bu+0.05−65–−48¢/BuMarch (H)11.7550
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3400–9.4600/bu+0.05−65–−53¢/BuMarch (H)11.8750
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2725–9.5425/bu+0.05−65–−38¢/BuJanuary (F)11.8364
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3500–9.5200/bu+0.05−64–−47¢/BuMarch (H)11.8536
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6900–9.7100/bu+0.05−30–−28¢/BuMarch (H)12.1650
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.5900–9.8000/bu+0.05−40–−19¢/BuMarch (H)11.9950

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2800–4.3600/bu+0.02−28–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.4335
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1800–4.4100/bu+0.02−38–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.4853
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2700–4.5600/bu+0.02−29–0¢/BuMarch (H)4.4875
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2200–4.3100/bu+0.02−34–−25¢/BuMarch (H)4.4189
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9400–4.3400/bu+0.02−62–−22¢/BuMarch (H)4.3032
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1100–4.4100/bu+0.04−45–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.3789
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4700–4.4900/bu—−9–−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.