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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Mar 6
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8325–11.0325/bu+0.01−65–−45¢/BuMay (K)14.5395
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8225–11.1925/bu+0.01−66–−29¢/BuMay (K)14.4842
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6825–10.8825/bu+0.01−80–−60¢/BuMay (K)14.7975
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8525–11.0625/bu+0.01−55–−42¢/BuMarch (H)14.7404
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8625–11.1425/bu+0.01−62–−34¢/BuMay (K)14.8261
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8425–11.1125/bu+0.01−56–−37¢/BuMarch (H)14.9718
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1825–11.2825/bu+0.01−30–−20¢/BuMay (K)15.2475
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.8325–11.4325/bu+0.01−65–−5¢/BuMay (K)14.8645

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9375–4.2075/bu+0.03−35–−8¢/BuMay (K)6.2970
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1075–4.3175/bu+0.03−18–+3¢/BuMay (K)6.1217
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9775–4.2875/bu+0.03−31–0¢/BuMay (K)6.5650
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9575–4.1375/bu+0.03−33–−15¢/BuMay (K)6.2564
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8475–4.1875/bu+0.07−44–−10¢/BuMay (K)6.0907
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8875–4.2075/bu+0.03−40–−8¢/BuMay (K)6.4121
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2475–4.3375/bu+0.03−4–+5¢/BuMay (K)6.5050
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.