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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Dec 30
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7125–9.7825/bu+0.03−75–−84¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4600
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7225–9.8425/bu+0.03−74–−62¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4939
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6825–9.7825/bu+0.04−94–−84¢/BuMarch (H)9.5025
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7625–10.0225/bu+0.02−70–−60¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4082
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5625–10.0325/bu+0.03−90–−43¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4067
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7625–9.8725/bu+0.02−70–−75¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4871
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9125/bu+0.03−55¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7950
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.8125–10.1725/bu+0.03−65–−45¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7633

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9850–4.1050/bu+0.02−42–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.3660
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0050–4.2050/bu+0.02−40–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.3072
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9550–4.0450/bu+0.02−45–−36¢/BuMarch (H)4.4293
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9950–4.2050/bu+0.04−41–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.2950
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8050–4.2250/bu+0.08−60–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.1683
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9950–4.0750/bu+0.01−41–−33¢/BuMarch (H)4.3021
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2350–4.3250/bu+0.02−17–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.5300
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.