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North Dakota Daily Grain Bids

North Dakota · Thu, Dec 18
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3878

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingF.O.B.5.3300–5.3800/bu+0.11−40–−35¢/BuMarch (H)—
East Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingF.O.B.5.2800–5.4800/bu+0.11−45–−25¢/BuMarch (H)—
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingF.O.B.5.2300–5.3800/bu+0.11−50–−35¢/BuMarch (H)—
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingF.O.B.5.4300–5.4800/bu+0.11−30–−25¢/BuMarch (H)—
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingF.O.B.5.2300/bu+0.11−50¢/BuMarch (H)—

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2F.O.B.3.6450–3.7450/bu+0.04−80–−70¢/BuMarch (H)—
East Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2F.O.B.3.7450–3.8450/bu+0.04−70–−60¢/BuMarch (H)—
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2F.O.B.3.6450–3.7950/bu+0.04−80–−65¢/BuMarch (H)—
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2F.O.B.3.5750–3.7450/bu+0.04−87–−70¢/BuMarch (H)—
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2F.O.B.3.6450/bu+0.04−80¢/BuMarch (H)—

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2F.O.B.9.4225–9.6225/bu+0.06−110–−90¢/BuJanuary (F)—
East Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2F.O.B.9.5225–9.6225/bu+0.06−100–−90¢/BuJanuary (F)—
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2F.O.B.9.4225–9.5725/bu+0.06−110–−95¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2F.O.B.9.3525–9.4725/bu+0.06−117–−105¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2F.O.B.9.4225/bu+0.06−110¢/BuJanuary (F)—
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.