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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Dec 3
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4075–10.4575/bu+0.09−75–−70¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3315
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3575–10.6275/bu+0.09−80–−53¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3653
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3575–10.4075/bu+0.09−80–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3989
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3575–10.5075/bu+0.09−80–−65¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3404
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2575–10.6375/bu+0.09−90–−52¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3875
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3575–10.4375/bu+0.09−80–−72¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3218
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5575/bu+0.09−60¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6475
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.5075–10.9075/bu+0.09−65–−25¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6375

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9350–4.0350/bu+0.07−50–−40¢/BuMarch (H)4.1090
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9850–4.7850/bu+0.07−45–+35¢/BuMarch (H)4.0467
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9350–4.0150/bu+0.04−50–−42¢/BuMarch (H)4.1686
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9850–4.2350/bu+0.07−45–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.0214
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7650–4.2150/bu+0.04−67–−22¢/BuMarch (H)3.9383
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9550–4.1050/bu+0.03−48–−33¢/BuMarch (H)3.9786
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2150–4.3350/bu+0.04−22–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.2650
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.