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South Dakota Daily Grain Bids

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

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5175–11.5675/bu+0.01−65–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.3208
East Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4375–12.3175/bu+0.01−73–+15¢/BuNovember (X)9.4931
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4675–11.7175/bu+0.01−70–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.3475
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3175–11.5675/bu+0.01−85–−60¢/BuNovember (X)9.3275
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6875–12.3675/bu+0.13−48–+20¢/BuNovember (X)9.5352

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0125–6.1125/bu+0.01−75–−65¢/BuSeptember (U)4.8350
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.4875–6.5875/bu+0.15−95–−85¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9950
East Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1625–6.2125/bu+0.01−60–−55¢/BuSeptember (U)5.1350
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.4875–6.5375/bu+0.15−95–−90¢/BuSeptember (U)4.2283
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0125–6.1125/bu+0.01−75–−65¢/BuSeptember (U)4.7950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5875/bu+0.15−85¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0450
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8625–6.3125/bu+0.01−90–−45¢/BuSeptember (U)4.9463
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1375–6.5375/bu+0.15−130–−90¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0150
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3375–6.6875/bu+0.15−110–−75¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1450

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9325–4.0325/bu+0.02−70–−60¢/BuSeptember (U)3.3750
East Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8625–4.2825/bu+0.02−77–−35¢/BuSeptember (U)3.3682
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9025–4.0325/bu+0.02−73–−60¢/BuSeptember (U)3.3293
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9325–4.0525/bu+0.08−70–−58¢/BuSeptember (U)3.3639
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0825–4.3925/bu+0.02−55–−24¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4473

White Oats

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
East Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered2.4000/bu———2.8833
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered2.6000–2.7000/bu————
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.