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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Jan 6
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7125–9.8125/bu+0.06−85–−75¢/BuMarch (H)9.3755
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7625–9.9925/bu+0.06−80–−57¢/BuMarch (H)9.4025
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6825–9.7925/bu+0.02−88–−77¢/BuMarch (H)9.4096
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7825–9.9625/bu+0.06−78–−60¢/BuMarch (H)9.3554
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5200–9.9525/bu+0.05−90–−61¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3358
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7525–9.8625/bu+0.06−81–−70¢/BuMarch (H)9.3854
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8825/bu+0.06−68¢/BuMarch (H)9.6975
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.8625–10.2625/bu+0.06−70–−30¢/BuMarch (H)9.6575

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0400–4.1400/bu+0.01−40–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.3560
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0200–4.2400/bu+0.01−42–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.3022
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0200–4.1000/bu+0.01−42–−34¢/BuMarch (H)4.4057
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0300–4.2100/bu+0.01−41–−23¢/BuMarch (H)4.2871
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8400–4.3000/bu+0.01−60–−14¢/BuMarch (H)4.1300
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0200–4.1100/bu+0.04−42–−33¢/BuMarch (H)4.2914
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2700–4.3600/bu+0.01−17–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.5100
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.