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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Dec 22
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7825–9.8525/bu+0.04−75–−68¢/BuJanuary (F)9.1480
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8125–10.0625/bu+0.04−72–−47¢/BuJanuary (F)9.1650
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7325–9.8325/bu+0.04−80–−70¢/BuJanuary (F)9.1964
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7825–10.0325/bu+0.04−75–−50¢/BuJanuary (F)9.1364
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6325–10.0925/bu+0.04−90–−44¢/BuJanuary (F)9.1350
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8125–9.8625/bu+0.04−72–−67¢/BuJanuary (F)9.1807
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9825/bu+0.04−55¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4750
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.8825–10.3325/bu+0.04−65–−20¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4220

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0200–4.1700/bu+0.03−45–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.2645
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0900–4.2700/bu+0.03−38–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.2086
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9900–4.1000/bu+0.03−48–−37¢/BuMarch (H)4.3246
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0600–4.2700/bu+0.07−41–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.1846
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7700–4.2900/bu+0.04−70–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.1092
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0500–4.1400/bu+0.03−42–−33¢/BuMarch (H)4.1975
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2900–4.3900/bu+0.03−18–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.4175
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.