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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Dec 26
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8375–9.9075/bu+0.07−75–−68¢/BuJanuary (F)9.2510
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8075–9.9975/bu+0.07−78–−59¢/BuJanuary (F)9.2700
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7375–9.8875/bu+0.02−85–−70¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3086
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8375–10.0875/bu+0.07−75–−50¢/BuJanuary (F)9.2189
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6875–10.1575/bu+0.07−90–−43¢/BuJanuary (F)9.2179
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8875–9.9175/bu+0.09−70–−67¢/BuJanuary (F)9.2896
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0375/bu+0.07−55¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6175
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9375–10.2375/bu+0.07−65–−35¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5533

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0800–4.2000/bu+0.06−42–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.3180
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1000–4.3000/bu+0.03−40–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.2644
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0500–4.1300/bu+0.03−45–−37¢/BuMarch (H)4.3914
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0900–4.3000/bu+0.03−41–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.2386
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8000–4.3200/bu+0.03−70–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.1417
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1000–4.1700/bu+0.05−40–−33¢/BuMarch (H)4.2571
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3300–4.4200/bu+0.04−17–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.4800
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.