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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Jan 15
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6975–9.8275/bu+0.05−73–−60¢/BuMarch (H)11.4965
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6475–9.9275/bu+0.05−78–−50¢/BuMarch (H)11.5431
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7275–9.8275/bu+0.05−70–−60¢/BuMarch (H)11.4332
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7175–9.8775/bu+0.06−71–−55¢/BuMarch (H)11.5489
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7275–9.9075/bu+0.05−70–−52¢/BuMarch (H)11.5618
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7275–9.8275/bu+0.05−70–−60¢/BuMarch (H)11.5404
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9975/bu+0.06−43¢/BuMarch (H)11.9575
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9775–10.1775/bu+0.05−45–−25¢/BuMarch (H)11.7075

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4075–4.5175/bu+0.04−38–−27¢/BuMarch (H)4.2835
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2675–4.6175/bu+0.04−52–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.3614
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3975–4.6575/bu+0.04−39–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.3825
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3575–4.4875/bu+0.03−43–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.2511
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1275–4.5075/bu+0.01−66–−28¢/BuMarch (H)4.1725
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2675–4.5375/bu+0.04−52–−25¢/BuMarch (H)4.2554
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6275–4.6375/bu+0.02−16–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.5025
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.