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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Jan 14
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7450–9.8750/bu+0.09−73–−60¢/BuMarch (H)11.7115
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6950–10.1000/bu+0.06−78–−33¢/BuMarch (H)11.7581
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7750–9.8750/bu+0.11−70–−60¢/BuMarch (H)11.6554
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7750–9.9250/bu+0.11−70–−55¢/BuMarch (H)11.7754
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7750–10.0500/bu+0.01−70–−38¢/BuMarch (H)11.7782
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7750–9.8750/bu+0.06−70–−60¢/BuMarch (H)11.7442
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0550/bu+0.17−42¢/BuMarch (H)12.1725
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.0250–10.2250/bu+0.06−45–−25¢/BuMarch (H)11.9225

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3650–4.4750/bu+0.02−38–−27¢/BuMarch (H)4.2960
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2250–4.5750/bu+0.02−52–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.3639
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3550–4.6350/bu+0.02−39–−11¢/BuMarch (H)4.3707
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3250–4.4350/bu+0.02−42–−31¢/BuMarch (H)4.2636
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1350–4.4650/bu+0.03−61–−28¢/BuMarch (H)4.1664
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2250–4.5950/bu+0.02−52–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.2590
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6050/bu+0.02−14¢/BuMarch (H)4.5150
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.