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South Dakota Daily Grain Bids

South Dakota · Sioux Falls · Mon, Aug 18
● Bids as filed21 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3186

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3625–9.4625/bu+0.01−105–−95¢/BuNovember (X)8.9933
East Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4625–9.7125/bu+0.01−95–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.0311
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3625–9.4625/bu+0.01−105–−95¢/BuNovember (X)9.0200
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2125–9.5825/bu+0.01−120–−83¢/BuNovember (X)9.0011
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4125–9.8125/bu+0.01−100–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.1643

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7775–4.8775/bu+0.02−90–−80¢/BuSeptember (U)5.0225
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0125–4.1125/bu+0.01−105–−95¢/BuSeptember (U)4.5575
East Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1275/bu+0.02−55¢/BuSeptember (U)5.3225
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2625–4.3125/bu+0.01−80–−75¢/BuSeptember (U)4.7842
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6775–4.8775/bu+0.02−100–−80¢/BuSeptember (U)5.0125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1125/bu+0.01−95¢/BuSeptember (U)4.5825
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7675–5.2275/bu+0.02−91–−45¢/BuSeptember (U)5.1913
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.9625–4.2625/bu+0.01−110–−80¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6345
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1125–4.3625/bu+0.01−95–−70¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6400

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3000–3.5300/bu+0.01−53–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)3.3200
East Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.1800–3.6300/bu+0.01−65–−20¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4926
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3000–3.4000/bu+0.01−53–−43¢/BuSeptember (U)3.2857
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.2800–3.5000/bu+0.01−55–−33¢/BuSeptember (U)3.3622
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.2900–3.6200/bu+0.01−54–−21¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6207

White Oats

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.0500–3.1500/bu+0.02−35–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)2.8975
East Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered2.8500–2.9000/bu———2.8167
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.