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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Mar 18
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2275–11.4375/bu+0.11−65–−44¢/BuMay (K)14.2730
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2675–11.5875/bu+0.11−61–−29¢/BuMay (K)14.2156
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0575–11.2775/bu+0.11−82–−60¢/BuMay (K)14.5314
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2775–11.3975/bu+0.11−60–−48¢/BuMay (K)14.4757
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2575–11.5375/bu+0.11−62–−34¢/BuMay (K)14.5129
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2775–11.4275/bu+0.11−60–−45¢/BuMay (K)14.6686
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6275–11.6775/bu+0.11−25–−20¢/BuMay (K)14.9250
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.2275–11.8275/bu+0.11−65–−5¢/BuMay (K)14.6520

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0600–4.3100/bu+0.01−30–−5¢/BuMay (K)6.4260
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2000–4.3900/bu+0.01−16–+3¢/BuMay (K)6.2489
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1700–4.3600/bu+0.01−19–0¢/BuMay (K)6.7129
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0600–4.2600/bu+0.01−30–−10¢/BuMay (K)6.4657
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9300–4.3000/bu+0.01−43–−6¢/BuMay (K)6.2186
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9600–4.2800/bu+0.01−40–−8¢/BuMay (K)6.4929
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3700–4.4100/bu+0.01+1–+5¢/BuMay (K)6.6100
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.