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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Mar 19
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2050–11.3350/bu+0.02−65–−52¢/BuMay (K)14.0820
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2450–11.5550/bu+0.02−61–−30¢/BuMay (K)14.0256
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0350–11.3050/bu+0.02−82–−55¢/BuMay (K)14.3629
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2550–11.3750/bu+0.02−60–−48¢/BuMay (K)14.2600
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2050–11.4750/bu+0.05−65–−38¢/BuMay (K)14.3214
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2550–11.4050/bu+0.02−60–−45¢/BuMay (K)14.4843
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6250–11.6550/bu+0.00−23–−20¢/BuMay (K)14.7350
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.2050–11.8050/bu+0.02−65–−5¢/BuMay (K)14.4620

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1150–4.3650/bu+0.06−28–−3¢/BuMay (K)6.3990
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2550–4.4450/bu+0.06−14–+5¢/BuMay (K)6.2189
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2250–4.3950/bu+0.06−17–0¢/BuMay (K)6.6857
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1450–4.3150/bu+0.09−25–−8¢/BuMay (K)6.4429
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9150–4.3350/bu+0.02−48–−6¢/BuMay (K)6.1957
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9950–4.3150/bu+0.04−40–−8¢/BuMay (K)6.4629
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3350–4.4450/bu+0.04−6–+5¢/BuMay (K)6.5800
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.