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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Mar 4
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9000–11.0000/bu+0.04−65–−55¢/BuMay (K)14.6580
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8900–11.2600/bu+0.13−66–−29¢/BuMay (K)14.5800
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7500–10.9500/bu+0.04−80–−60¢/BuMay (K)14.9100
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9200–11.0500/bu+0.04−55–−50¢/BuMarch (H)14.8429
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8300–11.2100/bu+0.07−64–−34¢/BuMarch (H)14.9229
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9000–11.1000/bu+0.07−57–−45¢/BuMarch (H)15.0657
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2000–11.3500/bu+0.02−35–−20¢/BuMay (K)15.3550
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.9000–11.5000/bu+0.04−65–−5¢/BuMay (K)14.9770

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9500–4.2000/bu+0.05−35–−10¢/BuMay (K)6.4160
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9950–4.3300/bu+0.03−18–+3¢/BuMarch (H)6.2333
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9900–4.3000/bu+0.05−31–0¢/BuMay (K)6.6800
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9800–4.2000/bu+0.07−32–−10¢/BuMay (K)6.3743
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8200–4.2000/bu+0.05−48–−10¢/BuMay (K)6.1914
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9650–4.2200/bu+0.06−21–−8¢/BuMarch (H)6.5314
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2600–4.3000/bu+0.08−4–0¢/BuMay (K)6.6200
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.