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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Apr 18
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered14.6600–14.7600/bu+0.06−50–−15¢/BuMay (K)16.1873
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered14.0100–14.7325/bu+0.06−90–−20¢/BuJuly (N)16.4156
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered14.7100–14.8500/bu+0.06−20–−6¢/BuJuly (N)16.2704
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered14.7100–15.1100/bu+0.06−20–+20¢/BuJuly (N)16.3529
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered14.6225–15.0000/bu+0.02−57–+9¢/BuMay (K)16.6496
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered14.8100–15.0500/bu+0.06−10–+14¢/BuJuly (N)16.3629
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered15.2700–15.3100/bu+0.06+36–+40¢/BuJuly (N)16.7475
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered14.2600–15.3100/bu+0.06−65–+40¢/BuJuly (N)16.3475

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered6.7250–6.9250/bu+0.01−5–+48¢/BuMay (K)7.8170
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered6.5150–6.8150/bu+0.02+7–+37¢/BuJuly (N)7.7681
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered6.9250–7.3150/bu+0.05+48–+87¢/BuJuly (N)7.8946
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered6.7850–7.3250/bu+0.02+34–+55¢/BuJuly (N)7.8236
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered6.3650–6.8450/bu+0.02−23–+40¢/BuMay (K)7.7568
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered6.8450–6.9450/bu+0.02+40–+50¢/BuJuly (N)7.7650
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered6.9450/bu+0.02+50¢/BuJuly (N)8.1475
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.