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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Dec 12
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0175–10.0675/bu+0.17−75–−70¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3555
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0175–10.2375/bu+0.17−75–−53¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3758
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9675–10.0175/bu+0.17−80–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4196
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9675–10.2175/bu+0.17−80–−55¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3568
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8675–10.2875/bu+0.17−90–−48¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3625
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0075–10.0675/bu+0.18−76–−70¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3711
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2175/bu+0.17−55¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6675
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.1175–10.5175/bu+0.17−65–−25¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6325

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9575–4.0575/bu+0.06−45–−35¢/BuMarch (H)4.1980
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0175–4.2075/bu+0.06−39–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.1422
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9275–4.0075/bu+0.06−48–−40¢/BuMarch (H)4.2786
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9575–4.2075/bu+0.06−45–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.1200
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6975–4.2275/bu+0.10−71–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.0467
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9575–4.0775/bu+0.09−45–−33¢/BuMarch (H)4.1243
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2075–4.3275/bu+0.06−20–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.3700
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.