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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Dec 16
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8775–9.9475/bu+0.09−75–−68¢/BuJanuary (F)9.2355
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8775–10.1475/bu+0.09−75–−48¢/BuJanuary (F)9.2608
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8275–9.8775/bu+0.09−80–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3004
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8275–10.0775/bu+0.09−80–−55¢/BuJanuary (F)9.2418
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7275–10.1275/bu+0.09−90–−50¢/BuJanuary (F)9.2358
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8775–9.9275/bu+0.09−75–−70¢/BuJanuary (F)9.2532
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0775/bu+0.09−55¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5525
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9775–10.4275/bu+0.09−65–−20¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5075

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9150–4.0650/bu+0.03−45–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.2140
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9950–4.1650/bu+0.01−37–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.1628
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8850–3.9750/bu+0.03−48–−39¢/BuMarch (H)4.2879
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9150–4.1650/bu+0.03−45–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.1350
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6950–4.1850/bu+0.01−67–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.0633
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9450–4.0350/bu+0.03−42–−33¢/BuMarch (H)4.1536
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1850–4.2850/bu+0.03−18–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.3750
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.