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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Dec 11
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1850–10.2350/bu+0.02−75–−70¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4315
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1850–10.4150/bu+0.02−75–−52¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4653
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1350–10.1850/bu+0.02−80–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4946
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1350–10.3850/bu+0.02−80–−55¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4332
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0350–10.4350/bu+0.02−90–−50¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4425
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1850–10.2350/bu+0.04−75–−70¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4446
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3850/bu+0.02−55¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7425
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.2850–10.6850/bu+0.02−65–−25¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7075

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0150–4.1150/bu+0.02−45–−35¢/BuMarch (H)4.2180
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0750–4.2650/bu+0.07−39–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.1572
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9850–4.0450/bu+0.04−48–−42¢/BuMarch (H)4.2907
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0150–4.2650/bu+0.02−45–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.1350
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7950–4.2850/bu+0.02−67–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.0617
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0450–4.1350/bu+0.05−42–−33¢/BuMarch (H)4.1407
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2650–4.3850/bu+0.02−20–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.3850
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.