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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Dec 29
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7450–9.7950/bu+0.09−75–−70¢/BuJanuary (F)9.2640
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7550–9.8650/bu+0.05−74–−63¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3008
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6450–9.7950/bu+0.09−85–−70¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3257
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7450–9.9950/bu+0.09−75–−50¢/BuJanuary (F)9.2357
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5950–10.0650/bu+0.09−90–−43¢/BuJanuary (F)9.2313
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7450–9.8250/bu+0.14−75–−67¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3068
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9450/bu+0.09−55¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6175
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.8450–10.1850/bu+0.09−65–−45¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5783

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0025–4.1225/bu+0.08−42–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.3005
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0225–4.2225/bu+0.08−40–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.2514
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9725–4.0625/bu+0.08−45–−36¢/BuMarch (H)4.3668
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0325–4.2225/bu+0.06−39–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.2325
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7225–4.2425/bu+0.08−70–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.1225
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0025–4.0925/bu+0.10−42–−33¢/BuMarch (H)4.2396
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2525–4.3425/bu+0.08−17–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.4525
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.