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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Jan 13
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5375–9.6375/bu+0.10−85–−75¢/BuMarch (H)9.8070
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5875–9.8375/bu+0.10−80–−55¢/BuMarch (H)9.8389
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5075–9.6375/bu+0.10−88–−75¢/BuMarch (H)9.8464
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6175–9.8375/bu+0.10−77–−55¢/BuMarch (H)9.8150
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3325–9.7725/bu+0.10−90–−46¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8467
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5875–9.6875/bu+0.10−80–−70¢/BuMarch (H)9.8393
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7275/bu+0.08−66¢/BuMarch (H)10.0550
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.6875–10.0875/bu+0.10−70–−30¢/BuMarch (H)10.1050

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7975–3.8975/bu+0.02−40–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.4410
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7775–3.9975/bu+0.02−42–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.3994
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7775–3.9275/bu+0.02−42–−27¢/BuMarch (H)4.4807
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7975–3.9875/bu+0.02−40–−21¢/BuMarch (H)4.3736
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5975–4.0575/bu+0.02−60–−14¢/BuMarch (H)4.2450
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7775–3.9175/bu+0.02−42–−28¢/BuMarch (H)4.4036
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0375–4.0975/bu+0.01−16–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.6050
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.