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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Dec 9
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1225–10.1725/bu+0.07−75–−70¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4345
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1225–10.3425/bu+0.07−75–−53¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4564
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0725–10.1225/bu+0.07−80–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5018
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0725–10.3225/bu+0.07−80–−55¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4204
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9725–10.4225/bu+0.07−90–−45¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4842
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1025–10.1725/bu+0.04−77–−70¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4332
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2725/bu+0.07−60¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7325
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.2225–10.6225/bu+0.07−65–−25¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7125

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0300–4.1200/bu+0.04−45–−36¢/BuMarch (H)4.3140
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0400–4.8300/bu+0.04−44–+35¢/BuMarch (H)4.2311
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9800–4.0600/bu+0.04−50–−42¢/BuMarch (H)4.3571
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0300–4.2800/bu+0.04−45–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.1986
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8100–4.3000/bu+0.04−67–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.1450
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0300–4.1500/bu+0.04−45–−33¢/BuMarch (H)4.1900
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2800–4.3800/bu+0.04−20–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.4350
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.