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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Mar 15
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered14.0425–14.3925/bu+0.05−85–−50¢/BuMay (K)15.5311
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered14.0025–14.3425/bu+0.05−89–−55¢/BuMay (K)15.5225
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered14.3825–14.6425/bu+0.05−51–−25¢/BuMay (K)15.5914
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered14.3425–14.5925/bu+0.10−55–−30¢/BuMay (K)15.5589
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered14.2425–14.6925/bu+0.05−65–−20¢/BuMay (K)15.7271
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered14.4825–14.7825/bu+0.05−41–−11¢/BuMay (K)15.6775
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered14.8725–15.0425/bu+0.05−2–+15¢/BuMay (K)15.9300
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered14.2425–15.0425/bu+0.05−65–+15¢/BuMay (K)15.6250

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered6.1150–6.4950/bu+0.06−15–+23¢/BuMay (K)6.8070
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.8850–6.2950/bu+0.00−38–+3¢/BuMay (K)6.7400
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered6.4050–6.8450/bu+0.06+14–+58¢/BuMay (K)6.8800
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered6.2650–6.5150/bu+0.060–+25¢/BuMay (K)6.7086
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.8050–6.3650/bu+0.06−46–+10¢/BuMay (K)6.8043
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered6.0450–6.6050/bu+0.00−22–+34¢/BuMay (K)6.7329
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered6.5250–6.5450/bu+0.07+26–+28¢/BuMay (K)6.7750
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.