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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Jan 16
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7575–9.8275/bu+0.05−82–−75¢/BuMarch (H)9.6640
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7775–10.0275/bu+0.05−80–−55¢/BuMarch (H)9.6867
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7175–9.8275/bu+0.05−86–−75¢/BuMarch (H)9.7114
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8175–10.0775/bu+0.06−76–−50¢/BuMarch (H)9.6714
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8275–9.8875/bu+0.05−75–−69¢/BuMarch (H)9.6900
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7775–9.8775/bu+0.05−80–−70¢/BuMarch (H)9.7029
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9575/bu+0.05−62¢/BuMarch (H)9.9200
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.8775–10.2775/bu+0.05−70–−30¢/BuMarch (H)9.9650

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8475–3.9475/bu+0.05−40–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.5305
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8575–4.0675/bu+0.05−39–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.4769
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8475–3.9775/bu+0.07−40–−27¢/BuMarch (H)4.5625
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8775–4.0375/bu+0.08−37–−21¢/BuMarch (H)4.4539
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6475–4.1075/bu+0.05−60–−14¢/BuMarch (H)4.3292
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8275–3.9675/bu+0.05−42–−28¢/BuMarch (H)4.4811
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0875–4.1475/bu+0.05−16–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.6825
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.