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South Dakota Daily Grain Bids

South Dakota · Sioux Falls · Wed, Mar 18
● Bids as filed21 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3186

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5175–10.6175/bu+0.05−110–−100¢/BuMay (K)9.0658
East Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3675–10.7475/bu+0.05−125–−87¢/BuMay (K)9.2069
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5175–10.7175/bu+0.05−110–−90¢/BuMay (K)9.0925
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2475–10.6375/bu+0.05−137–−98¢/BuMay (K)9.1214
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5175–10.8475/bu+0.05−110–−77¢/BuMay (K)9.3217

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5725–5.6725/bu+0.13−80–−70¢/BuMay (K)5.4675
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2600–5.3600/bu+0.19−100–−90¢/BuMay (K)4.8475
East Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5225/bu+0.13−85¢/BuMay (K)5.4175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0400–5.1600/bu+0.19−122–−110¢/BuMay (K)4.9642
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5725–5.6725/bu+0.13−80–−70¢/BuMay (K)5.3975
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3600/bu+0.19−90¢/BuMay (K)4.8725
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4125–5.9225/bu+0.13−96–−45¢/BuMay (K)5.5163
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8900–5.3100/bu+0.19−137–−95¢/BuMay (K)4.9075
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8900/bu+0.19−137¢/BuMay (K)4.9025

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8825–3.9825/bu+0.09−75–−65¢/BuMay (K)4.0200
East Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7325–3.9825/bu+0.09−90–−65¢/BuMay (K)4.1363
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8825–3.9825/bu+0.09−75–−65¢/BuMay (K)3.9786
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8225–3.9825/bu+0.09−81–−65¢/BuMay (K)3.9744
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7825–4.1325/bu+0.09−85–−50¢/BuMay (K)4.2685

White Oats

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.0675–3.1375/bu+0.08−57–−50¢/BuMay (K)3.4150
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.