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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Jan 22
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8200–9.9400/bu+0.01−82–−70¢/BuMarch (H)9.9590
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8900–10.1400/bu+0.01−75–−50¢/BuMarch (H)9.9828
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8100–9.8900/bu+0.03−83–−75¢/BuMarch (H)10.0050
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8800–10.0900/bu+0.01−76–−55¢/BuMarch (H)9.9679
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7400–10.2100/bu+0.01−90–−43¢/BuMarch (H)9.9750
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8400–9.9400/bu+0.01−80–−70¢/BuMarch (H)10.0050
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0200/bu+0.01−62¢/BuMarch (H)10.2050
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9400–10.3400/bu+0.01−70–−30¢/BuMarch (H)10.2550

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8400–3.9300/bu+0.02−40–−31¢/BuMarch (H)4.5595
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8900–4.0900/bu+0.04−35–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.5508
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8400–3.9700/bu+0.02−40–−27¢/BuMarch (H)4.6089
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8800–4.0700/bu+0.02−36–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.5018
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6400–4.1200/bu+0.02−60–−12¢/BuMarch (H)4.4225
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8600–3.9600/bu+0.06−38–−28¢/BuMarch (H)4.5275
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0800–4.1400/bu+0.02−16–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.7325
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.