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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Dec 2
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4975–10.5475/bu+0.03−75–−70¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3965
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4475–10.7275/bu+0.03−80–−52¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4453
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4475–10.4975/bu+0.03−80–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4704
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4475–10.5975/bu+0.03−80–−65¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4061
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3475–10.6675/bu+0.03−90–−58¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4708
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4475–10.5275/bu+0.03−80–−72¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3789
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6475/bu+0.01−60¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7275
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.5975–10.9975/bu+0.03−65–−25¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7225

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0000–4.1000/bu+0.05−50–−40¢/BuMarch (H)4.1345
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0500–4.2700/bu+0.09−45–−23¢/BuMarch (H)4.0614
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9700–4.0800/bu+0.05−53–−42¢/BuMarch (H)4.1939
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0500–4.2500/bu+0.05−45–−25¢/BuMarch (H)4.0439
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8000–4.2800/bu+0.05−70–−22¢/BuMarch (H)3.9608
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9800–4.1700/bu—−52–−33¢/BuMarch (H)3.9939
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2500–4.4000/bu+0.05−25–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.2875
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.