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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Jan 8
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7625–9.8625/bu+0.06−85–−75¢/BuMarch (H)9.3990
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8125–10.0425/bu+0.06−80–−57¢/BuMarch (H)9.4025
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7325–9.8625/bu+0.06−88–−75¢/BuMarch (H)9.4271
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8425–10.0625/bu+0.06−77–−55¢/BuMarch (H)9.4229
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5700–10.0025/bu+0.06−90–−61¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3775
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8125–9.9125/bu+0.06−80–−70¢/BuMarch (H)9.4314
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9325/bu+0.06−68¢/BuMarch (H)9.7000
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9125–10.3125/bu+0.06−70–−30¢/BuMarch (H)9.6910

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0600–4.1600/bu+0.01−40–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.3320
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0400–4.2600/bu+0.01−42–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.2767
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0400–4.1200/bu+0.01−42–−34¢/BuMarch (H)4.3829
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0600–4.2300/bu+0.01−40–−23¢/BuMarch (H)4.2586
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8600–4.3200/bu+0.01−60–−14¢/BuMarch (H)4.1067
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0400–4.1600/bu+0.01−42–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.2729
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2900–4.3600/bu+0.01−17–−10¢/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.