Grain Price and Basis Indexes

Grain Price and Basis Indexes

Best-in-class intraday and historical data delivering precise, transparent price indicators for Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat. Our comprehensive dataset—integrating extensive historical data with real-time streaming updates—empowers trading strategies with accurate, actionable market insights.

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Leading Alternative Data

Our indicator methodology uses a transparent weighting process, incorporating price, capacity, and throughput to deliver objective prices that accurately reflect market dynamics.

Comprehensive Indexing

We calculate continuous and end-of-day price and basis levels for individual Counties up to our benchmark National Index – historical data is available from 2014.

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Grain Price & Basis Indexes integrate effortlessly into applications, websites, or workflows with flexible delivery options, including APIs, high-performance streaming feeds, and cmdtyView.

Barchart’s Commodity Grain Price Benchmarks

Price Index Symbol Value Day Change % Change Date
US Corn Price Idx ZCPAUS.CM 4.123 +0.049 +1.19% 12/06/24
US Soybean Price Idx ZSPAUS.CM 9.451 +0.003 +0.03% 12/06/24
Iowa Corn Price Idx ZCPAIA.CM 4.223 +0.048 +1.16% 12/06/24
Illinois Corn Price Idx ZCPAIL.CM 4.207 +0.046 +1.10% 12/06/24
Illinois Soybean Price Idx ZSPAIL.CM 9.763 -0.001 -0.01% 12/06/24
Iowa Soybean Price Idx ZSPAIA.CM 9.501 -0.004 -0.04% 12/06/24
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Barchart’s Commodity Indexes is the authority for grain bids and price assessments

Our methodology uses a sophisticated - but transparent - weighting process to ensure the commodity prices we generate reflect underlying market economics. By combining price with capacity and throughput, Barchart’s Commodity Indexes is the only source for grain pricing that isn’t just “average.”

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