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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Jan 24
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8075–9.9075/bu+0.10−75–−65¢/BuMarch (H)11.5575
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7775–10.0275/bu+0.10−78–−53¢/BuMarch (H)11.6014
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8575–9.9575/bu+0.10−70–−60¢/BuMarch (H)11.4754
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8075–10.0075/bu+0.10−75–−55¢/BuMarch (H)11.6025
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8175–9.9575/bu+0.10−74–−60¢/BuMarch (H)11.6639
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8375–9.9575/bu+0.10−72–−60¢/BuMarch (H)11.5642
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1075/bu+0.10−45¢/BuMarch (H)11.8925
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.1075–10.2575/bu+0.10−45–−30¢/BuMarch (H)11.7525

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4650–4.5750/bu+0.03−40–−29¢/BuMarch (H)4.3545
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4650–4.6650/bu+0.03−40–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.4314
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4750–4.7250/bu+0.03−39–−14¢/BuMarch (H)4.4039
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4350–4.5850/bu+0.03−43–−28¢/BuMarch (H)4.3011
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2250–4.5850/bu+0.01−64–−28¢/BuMarch (H)4.2639
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3450–4.5650/bu+0.02−52–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.3425
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7050/bu+0.02−16¢/BuMarch (H)4.6025
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.