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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Feb 12
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4975–9.6275/bu+0.17−78–−65¢/BuMarch (H)11.1500
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5275–9.7775/bu+0.16−75–−50¢/BuMarch (H)11.2117
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5475–9.6775/bu+0.21−73–−60¢/BuMarch (H)11.0821
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4775–9.6775/bu+0.16−80–−60¢/BuMarch (H)11.1750
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5275–9.6275/bu+0.12−75–−65¢/BuMarch (H)11.2579
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5575–9.6575/bu+0.14−72–−62¢/BuMarch (H)11.2050
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7975/bu+0.17−48¢/BuMarch (H)11.4800
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.7775–10.0275/bu+0.16−50–−25¢/BuMarch (H)11.3650

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5225–4.6225/bu+0.06−38–−28¢/BuMarch (H)4.1295
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5225–4.7025/bu+0.08−38–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.1881
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4825–4.7725/bu+0.06−42–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.1925
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4725–4.6225/bu+0.06−43–−28¢/BuMarch (H)4.0854
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2725–4.6025/bu+0.00−63–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.0325
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4325–4.5625/bu+0.06−47–−34¢/BuMarch (H)4.1096
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7225–4.7325/bu+0.06−18–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.3125
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.