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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Dec 23
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7650–9.8350/bu+0.02−75–−68¢/BuJanuary (F)9.2065
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7350–10.1250/bu+0.08−78–−39¢/BuJanuary (F)9.2214
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7150–9.8150/bu+0.02−80–−70¢/BuJanuary (F)9.2539
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7650–10.0150/bu+0.02−75–−50¢/BuJanuary (F)9.1939
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6150–10.0750/bu+0.02−90–−44¢/BuJanuary (F)9.1758
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7950–9.8450/bu+0.02−72–−67¢/BuJanuary (F)9.2354
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9650/bu+0.02−55¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5325
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.8650–10.1650/bu+0.02−65–−35¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4795

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0250–4.1650/bu+0.01−45–−31¢/BuMarch (H)4.2710
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0750–4.2750/bu+0.02−40–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.2183
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0250–4.1050/bu+0.04−45–−37¢/BuMarch (H)4.3321
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0650–4.2750/bu+0.01−41–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.1921
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7750–4.2950/bu+0.01−70–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.1100
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0550–4.1450/bu+0.01−42–−33¢/BuMarch (H)4.2050
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2950–4.3950/bu+0.01−18–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.4250
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.