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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Jan 21
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9225–10.0225/bu+0.30−75–−65¢/BuMarch (H)11.8300
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8925–10.1825/bu+0.33−78–−49¢/BuMarch (H)11.9039
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9725–10.0725/bu+0.33−70–−60¢/BuMarch (H)11.7707
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9525–10.1225/bu+0.33−72–−55¢/BuMarch (H)11.9050
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7825–10.0925/bu+0.14−89–−58¢/BuMarch (H)11.9393
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9725–10.0725/bu+0.33−70–−60¢/BuMarch (H)11.8667
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2525/bu+0.33−42¢/BuMarch (H)12.1950
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.2225–10.3725/bu+0.33−45–−30¢/BuMarch (H)12.0400

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5200–4.6000/bu+0.06−38–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.3480
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4800–4.7000/bu+0.16−42–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.4239
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5100–4.7400/bu+0.06−39–−16¢/BuMarch (H)4.4221
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4800–4.5800/bu+0.07−42–−32¢/BuMarch (H)4.2921
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2300–4.6200/bu+0.06−67–−28¢/BuMarch (H)4.2621
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3800–4.6500/bu+0.06−52–−25¢/BuMarch (H)4.3200
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7400/bu+0.06−16¢/BuMarch (H)4.6000
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.