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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Mar 21
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4700–11.6100/bu+0.03−65–−51¢/BuMay (K)13.6390
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5100–11.8300/bu+0.03−61–−29¢/BuMay (K)13.5628
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3000–11.5700/bu+0.03−82–−55¢/BuMay (K)13.8707
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5800–11.6400/bu+0.09−54–−48¢/BuMay (K)13.9079
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4700–11.7400/bu+0.03−65–−38¢/BuMay (K)13.8193
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5200–11.6700/bu+0.03−60–−45¢/BuMay (K)13.9950
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8900–11.9200/bu+0.03−23–−20¢/BuMay (K)14.2050
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.4700–12.0700/bu+0.03−65–−5¢/BuMay (K)14.0370

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1475–4.3775/bu+0.04−26–−3¢/BuMay (K)6.4275
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2875–4.4575/bu+0.04−12–+5¢/BuMay (K)6.2397
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2675–4.4075/bu+0.05−14–0¢/BuMay (K)6.6732
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1575–4.3575/bu+0.02−25–−5¢/BuMay (K)6.4604
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0075–4.3475/bu+0.03−40–−6¢/BuMay (K)6.2218
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0075–4.3275/bu+0.02−40–−8¢/BuMay (K)6.4861
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4575/bu+0.02+5¢/BuMay (K)6.6475
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.