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South Dakota Daily Grain Bids

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

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0800–11.1800/bu+0.36−105–−95¢/BuJuly (N)9.7408
East Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9800–11.9300/bu+0.36−115–−20¢/BuJuly (N)9.8636
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0800–11.3300/bu+0.36−105–−80¢/BuJuly (N)9.7975
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9000–11.1800/bu+0.36−123–−95¢/BuJuly (N)9.7919
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1800–11.7300/bu+0.36−95–−40¢/BuJuly (N)9.9098

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0325–6.1325/bu+0.18−100–−90¢/BuJuly (N)5.3050
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9375–6.0375/bu+0.16−110–−100¢/BuJuly (N)4.1275
East Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1825/bu+0.18−85¢/BuJuly (N)5.1550
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9375/bu+0.16−110¢/BuJuly (N)4.2942
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0325–6.1325/bu+0.18−100–−90¢/BuJuly (N)5.2950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0375/bu+0.16−100¢/BuJuly (N)4.1525
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8925–6.5825/bu+0.18−114–−45¢/BuJuly (N)5.3475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5875–5.9875/bu+0.16−145–−105¢/BuJuly (N)4.1875
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0875/bu+0.16−95¢/BuJuly (N)4.1400

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9700–4.1200/bu+0.21−80–−65¢/BuJuly (N)3.9250
East Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8700–4.1400/bu+0.21−90–−63¢/BuJuly (N)4.0782
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9700–4.0700/bu+0.21−80–−70¢/BuJuly (N)3.8921
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9200–4.0800/bu+0.21−85–−69¢/BuJuly (N)3.9506
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9200–4.2900/bu+0.21−85–−48¢/BuJuly (N)4.1888

White Oats

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.1200–3.1900/bu+0.09−61–−54¢/BuJuly (N)3.4225
East Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered2.6000/bu———3.2000
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.