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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Mar 18
● Bids as filed14 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.4525–13.6225/bu+0.26−47–−30¢/BuMay (K)—
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.3225–13.5625/bu+0.26−60–−36¢/BuMay (K)—
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.5225–13.6225/bu+0.26−40–−30¢/BuMay (K)—
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.5625–13.8725/bu+0.24−36–−5¢/BuMay (K)—
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.3425–13.6325/bu+0.30−58–−29¢/BuMay (K)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.6125–13.7425/bu+0.26−31–−18¢/BuMay (K)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.8425–13.9725/bu+0.26−8–+5¢/BuMay (K)—

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2350–5.3150/bu+0.12−23–−15¢/BuMay (K)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2950–5.3250/bu+0.12−17–−14¢/BuMay (K)—
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2150–5.3350/bu+0.12−25–−13¢/BuMay (K)—
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0650–5.3350/bu+0.12−40–−13¢/BuMay (K)—
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2350–5.3550/bu+0.12−23–−11¢/BuMay (K)—
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2150–5.3850/bu+0.09−25–−8¢/BuMay (K)—
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1050–5.4850/bu+0.12−36–+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.