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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Mar 17
● Bids as filed14 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.7075–13.8775/bu+0.08−47–−30¢/BuMay (K)—
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.5775–13.8075/bu+0.06−60–−37¢/BuMay (K)—
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.7775–13.8775/bu+0.06−40–−30¢/BuMay (K)—
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.7975–14.1275/bu+0.02−38–−5¢/BuMay (K)—
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.6375–13.8875/bu+0.06−54–−29¢/BuMay (K)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.8675–13.9975/bu+0.06−31–−18¢/BuMay (K)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered14.0975–14.2275/bu+0.06−8–+5¢/BuMay (K)—

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.3500–5.4300/bu+0.04−23–−15¢/BuMay (K)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.4100–5.4400/bu+0.04−17–−14¢/BuMay (K)—
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.3300–5.4500/bu+0.04−25–−13¢/BuMay (K)—
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1800–5.4500/bu+0.04−40–−13¢/BuMay (K)—
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.3500–5.4700/bu+0.04−23–−11¢/BuMay (K)—
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.3000–5.5000/bu+0.04−28–−8¢/BuMay (K)—
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2200–5.6000/bu+0.00−36–+2¢/BuMay (K)—
Source: USDA AMS · Des Moines, IA. 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.