Cash grain bids / Minnesota / Minneapolis Daily Grain Report / 2025-12-18

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Minneapolis Daily Grain Report

Minnesota · Minneapolis · Thu, Dec 18
● Bids as filed14 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3046

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
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Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3325–10.3925/bu+0.07−40–−34¢/BuMay (K)9.4600
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8325–9.8725/bu+0.04−69–−65¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3300

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
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Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8300/bu+0.11+10¢/BuMarch (H)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9300/bu+0.11+20¢/BuMarch (H)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9300/bu+0.11+20¢/BuMarch (H)—
Delivered Chicago / BeyondUS #1Delivered7.0800/bu—+135¢/BuMarch (H)—
Delivered Chicago / BeyondUS #1 MillingDelivered6.9800–7.1800/bu+0.14+125–+145¢/BuMarch (H)—
Delivered Chicago / BeyondUS #1 MillingDelivered7.1800–7.5300/bu+0.06+145–+180¢/BuMarch (H)8.0175
Delivered Chicago / BeyondUS #1 MillingDelivered7.2300–7.3300/bu—+150–+160¢/BuMarch (H)—
Delivered Chicago / BeyondUS #1 MillingDelivered7.6800/bu+0.06+195¢/BuMarch (H)—
Delivered Chicago / BeyondUS #3Delivered7.0800/bu—+135¢/BuMarch (H)—

White Oats

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
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Terminal ElevatorsUS #1/2Delivered3.6725/bu+0.11+70¢/BuMarch (H)4.1575

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
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Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1725–4.2425/bu+0.02−35–−28¢/BuMay (K)4.2758
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7950–4.0250/bu+0.04−65–−42¢/BuMarch (H)4.0075
Source: USDA AMS · Minneapolis, MN. 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.