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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Jan 5
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7700–9.9200/bu+0.32−85–−70¢/BuMarch (H)9.3865
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8200–10.0525/bu+0.30−80–−42¢/BuMarch (H)9.4072
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7000–9.8200/bu+0.21−92–−80¢/BuMarch (H)9.4075
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8400–10.0200/bu+0.33−78–−60¢/BuMarch (H)9.3829
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5725–10.0100/bu+0.18−90–−61¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3275
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8100–9.8700/bu+0.32−81–−75¢/BuMarch (H)9.4261
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9400/bu+0.20−68¢/BuMarch (H)9.7225
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9200–10.3200/bu+0.16−70–−30¢/BuMarch (H)9.6625

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0450–4.1450/bu+0.07−40–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.3535
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0250–4.2450/bu+0.07−42–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.2986
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0250–4.1050/bu+0.10−42–−34¢/BuMarch (H)4.4032
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0350–4.2450/bu+0.07−41–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.2789
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8450–4.3050/bu+0.07−60–−14¢/BuMarch (H)4.1308
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0550–4.1950/bu+0.10−39–−25¢/BuMarch (H)4.2946
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2750–4.3650/bu+0.07−17–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.5025
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.