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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Dec 18
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7725–9.8425/bu+0.06−75–−68¢/BuJanuary (F)9.0610
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7725–10.0525/bu+0.06−75–−47¢/BuJanuary (F)9.1089
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7225–9.7925/bu+0.06−80–−73¢/BuJanuary (F)9.1086
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7225–9.9725/bu+0.06−80–−55¢/BuJanuary (F)9.0386
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6225–10.0225/bu+0.06−90–−50¢/BuJanuary (F)9.0667
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7725–9.8525/bu+0.06−75–−67¢/BuJanuary (F)9.0971
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9725/bu+0.06−55¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3500
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.8725–10.3225/bu+0.06−65–−20¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3200

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9950–4.1450/bu+0.04−45–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.1885
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0750–4.2450/bu+0.04−37–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.1286
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9650–4.0650/bu+0.04−48–−38¢/BuMarch (H)4.2318
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9950–4.2450/bu+0.04−45–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.1075
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7050–4.2650/bu—−74–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.0242
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0250–4.1150/bu+0.04−42–−33¢/BuMarch (H)4.1332
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2650–4.3650/bu+0.04−18–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.3475
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.