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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Jan 21
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8250–9.8950/bu+0.12−82–−75¢/BuMarch (H)9.8680
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8950–10.1450/bu+0.12−75–−50¢/BuMarch (H)9.8889
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7850–9.8950/bu+0.12−86–−75¢/BuMarch (H)9.9129
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8850–10.0950/bu+0.12−76–−55¢/BuMarch (H)9.8800
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7450–10.2150/bu+0.12−90–−43¢/BuMarch (H)9.8683
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8450–9.9450/bu+0.12−80–−70¢/BuMarch (H)9.9043
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0250/bu+0.12−62¢/BuMarch (H)10.1100
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9450–10.3450/bu+0.12−70–−30¢/BuMarch (H)10.1600

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8175–3.9175/bu+0.02−40–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.5095
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8475–4.0675/bu+0.02−37–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.4858
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8175–3.9475/bu+0.02−40–−27¢/BuMarch (H)4.5496
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8575–4.0475/bu+0.01−36–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.4525
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6175–4.0975/bu+0.02−60–−12¢/BuMarch (H)4.3808
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7975–3.9375/bu+0.02−42–−28¢/BuMarch (H)4.4754
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0575–4.1175/bu+0.02−16–−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.