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South Dakota Daily Grain Bids

South Dakota · Sioux Falls · Thu, Dec 18
● Bids as filed21 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3186

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4725–9.5725/bu+0.06−105–−95¢/BuJanuary (F)8.8267
East Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3025–9.6425/bu+0.06−122–−88¢/BuJanuary (F)8.8572
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4725–9.6725/bu+0.06−105–−85¢/BuJanuary (F)8.8540
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2925–9.5725/bu+0.06−123–−95¢/BuJanuary (F)8.8844
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4225–9.6825/bu+0.06−110–−84¢/BuJanuary (F)8.8893

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0300–5.1300/bu+0.11−70–−60¢/BuMarch (H)5.4175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1700–4.2700/bu+0.09−100–−90¢/BuMarch (H)4.4825
East Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8800/bu+0.11−85¢/BuMarch (H)5.2925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.9500–4.0700/bu+0.09−122–−110¢/BuMarch (H)4.5325
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9300–5.1300/bu+0.11−80–−60¢/BuMarch (H)5.4075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1700–4.2700/bu+0.09−100–−90¢/BuMarch (H)4.5075
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7300–5.2300/bu+0.11−100–−50¢/BuMarch (H)5.4038
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.9300–4.2200/bu+0.09−124–−95¢/BuMarch (H)4.4865
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.8000–4.0200/bu+0.09−137–−115¢/BuMarch (H)4.4575

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5450–3.7450/bu+0.04−90–−70¢/BuMarch (H)3.7742
East Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4950–3.8450/bu+0.04−95–−60¢/BuMarch (H)3.9601
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5450–3.6650/bu+0.04−90–−78¢/BuMarch (H)3.7318
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5450–3.7150/bu+0.04−90–−73¢/BuMarch (H)3.8519
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5650–3.9650/bu+0.04−88–−48¢/BuMarch (H)4.0246

White Oats

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered2.4925–2.5925/bu+0.11−48–−38¢/BuMarch (H)3.1075
East Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered2.6000/bu———3.0000
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.