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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Jan 16
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4700–9.5900/bu+0.23−72–−60¢/BuMarch (H)11.5750
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4100–9.7000/bu+0.24−78–−49¢/BuMarch (H)11.6261
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4900–9.5900/bu+0.24−70–−60¢/BuMarch (H)11.5107
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4900–9.6400/bu+0.23−70–−55¢/BuMarch (H)11.6379
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4900–9.6700/bu+0.24−70–−52¢/BuMarch (H)11.6379
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4900–9.5900/bu+0.24−70–−60¢/BuMarch (H)11.6179
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7600/bu+0.24−43¢/BuMarch (H)12.0350
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.7400–9.9400/bu+0.24−45–−25¢/BuMarch (H)11.7900

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3650–4.4750/bu+0.04−38–−27¢/BuMarch (H)4.3100
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2250–4.5750/bu+0.04−52–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.3811
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3550–4.6150/bu+0.04−39–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.4000
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3150–4.4450/bu+0.04−43–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.2686
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0850–4.4650/bu+0.04−66–−28¢/BuMarch (H)4.2000
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2250–4.4950/bu+0.04−52–−25¢/BuMarch (H)4.2700
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5850–4.5950/bu+0.04−16–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.5400
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.