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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Jan 20
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7300–9.8300/bu+0.05−80–−70¢/BuMarch (H)10.0325
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9100/bu+0.05−62¢/BuMarch (H)10.2525
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.8300–10.2300/bu+0.05−70–−30¢/BuMarch (H)10.2725
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7100–9.7800/bu+0.05−82–−75¢/BuMarch (H)9.9935
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7800–10.4700/bu+0.00−75–−6¢/BuMarch (H)10.0169
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6700–9.7800/bu+0.05−86–−75¢/BuMarch (H)10.0396
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7700–10.0300/bu+0.05−76–−50¢/BuMarch (H)9.9896
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6300–10.0900/bu+0.20−90–−44¢/BuMarch (H)9.9708

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8375–3.9375/bu+0.01−40–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.5750
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8675–4.0675/bu+0.01−37–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.5478
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8375–3.9675/bu+0.01−40–−27¢/BuMarch (H)4.6043
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8675–4.0275/bu+0.01−37–−21¢/BuMarch (H)4.5100
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6375–4.0975/bu+0.01−60–−14¢/BuMarch (H)4.3867
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8175–3.9575/bu+0.01−42–−28¢/BuMarch (H)4.5329
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0775–4.1375/bu+0.01−16–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.7400
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.