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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Jan 12
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6400–9.7400/bu+0.14−85–−75¢/BuMarch (H)9.8990
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6900–9.9400/bu+0.14−80–−55¢/BuMarch (H)9.8917
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6100–9.7400/bu+0.14−88–−75¢/BuMarch (H)9.9357
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7200–9.9400/bu+0.14−77–−55¢/BuMarch (H)9.9471
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4300–9.8700/bu+0.16−90–−46¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8883
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6900–9.7900/bu+0.14−80–−70¢/BuMarch (H)9.9443
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8100/bu+0.14−68¢/BuMarch (H)10.2250
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.7900–10.1900/bu+0.14−70–−30¢/BuMarch (H)10.1750

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8150–3.9150/bu+0.24−40–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.4630
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7950–4.0150/bu+0.24−42–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.4194
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7950–3.9350/bu+0.24−42–−28¢/BuMarch (H)4.5021
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8150–3.9850/bu+0.24−40–−23¢/BuMarch (H)4.3936
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6150–4.0750/bu+0.24−60–−14¢/BuMarch (H)4.2817
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7950–3.9350/bu+0.26−42–−28¢/BuMarch (H)4.4250
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0450–4.1150/bu+0.24−17–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.6300
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.