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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Dec 1
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5300–10.5800/bu+0.10−75–−70¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3245
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4800–10.6700/bu+0.09−80–−61¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3803
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4800–10.5300/bu+0.03−80–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3796
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4800–10.6300/bu+0.03−80–−65¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3339
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3800–10.6700/bu+0.13−90–−61¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3942
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4800–10.5600/bu+0.03−80–−72¢/BuJanuary (F)9.2925
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6600/bu+0.06−62¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6625
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.6300–11.0300/bu+0.03−65–−25¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6875

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9500–4.0500/bu+0.12−50–−40¢/BuMarch (H)4.1250
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9600–4.1500/bu+0.15−49–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.0528
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9200–4.0300/bu+0.22−53–−42¢/BuMarch (H)4.1750
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0000–4.2000/bu+0.13−45–−25¢/BuMarch (H)4.0236
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7500–4.2300/bu+0.13−70–−22¢/BuMarch (H)3.9133
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9800–4.1200/bu+0.15−47–−33¢/BuMarch (H)3.9693
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2000–4.3200/bu+0.07−25–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.2800
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.