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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Jan 23
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8575–9.9775/bu+0.04−82–−70¢/BuMarch (H)9.8675
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9275–10.1775/bu+0.04−75–−50¢/BuMarch (H)9.8853
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8475–9.9275/bu+0.04−83–−75¢/BuMarch (H)9.9175
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9175–10.0775/bu+0.04−76–−60¢/BuMarch (H)9.8689
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7775–10.2475/bu+0.04−90–−43¢/BuMarch (H)9.8758
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8775–9.9775/bu+0.04−80–−70¢/BuMarch (H)9.9075
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0575/bu+0.04−62¢/BuMarch (H)10.1075
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9775–10.3775/bu+0.04−70–−30¢/BuMarch (H)10.1525

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9050–3.9950/bu+0.07−40–−31¢/BuMarch (H)4.5350
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9350–4.1550/bu+0.05−37–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.5183
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9250–4.0350/bu+0.09−38–−27¢/BuMarch (H)4.5764
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9450–4.1350/bu+0.07−36–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.4764
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7050–4.1850/bu+0.07−60–−12¢/BuMarch (H)4.3967
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9050–4.0250/bu+0.05−40–−28¢/BuMarch (H)4.4907
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1450–4.2250/bu+0.07−16–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.7050
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.