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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Jan 17
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6200–9.6900/bu+0.15−72–−65¢/BuMarch (H)11.5725
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5600–9.8500/bu+0.15−78–−49¢/BuMarch (H)11.6403
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6400–9.7400/bu+0.15−70–−60¢/BuMarch (H)11.5082
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6200–9.7900/bu+0.13−72–−55¢/BuMarch (H)11.6382
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6400–9.7900/bu+0.15−70–−55¢/BuMarch (H)11.6582
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6400–9.7400/bu+0.15−70–−60¢/BuMarch (H)11.6154
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9200/bu+0.16−42¢/BuMarch (H)12.0325
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.8900–10.0900/bu+0.15−45–−25¢/BuMarch (H)11.7975

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4625–4.5625/bu+0.10−38–−28¢/BuMarch (H)4.3300
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3225–4.6425/bu+0.10−52–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.4028
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4525–4.6825/bu+0.10−39–−16¢/BuMarch (H)4.4121
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4125–4.5425/bu+0.10−43–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.2793
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1725–4.5625/bu+0.09−67–−28¢/BuMarch (H)4.2064
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3225–4.5925/bu+0.10−52–−25¢/BuMarch (H)4.3021
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6825/bu+0.10−16¢/BuMarch (H)4.5650
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.