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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Dec 4
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4450–10.4950/bu+0.04−75–−70¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4345
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4450–10.6650/bu+0.09−75–−53¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4653
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3950–10.4450/bu+0.04−80–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4989
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3950–10.5450/bu+0.04−80–−65¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4404
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2950–10.6850/bu+0.04−90–−51¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4875
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3950–10.4950/bu+0.04−80–−70¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4218
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5950/bu+0.04−60¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7475
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.5450–10.9450/bu+0.04−65–−25¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7375

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9725–4.0725/bu+0.04−50–−40¢/BuMarch (H)4.1610
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0325–4.8225/bu+0.05−44–+35¢/BuMarch (H)4.1000
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9725–4.0525/bu+0.04−50–−42¢/BuMarch (H)4.2214
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0225–4.2725/bu+0.04−45–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.0786
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6625–4.2525/bu+0.10−81–−22¢/BuMarch (H)3.9883
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0225–4.1425/bu+0.07−45–−33¢/BuMarch (H)4.0286
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2725–4.3725/bu+0.06−20–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.3150
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.