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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Apr 3
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2225–11.3225/bu+0.08−60–−50¢/BuMay (K)14.5300
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2725–11.5325/bu+0.13−55–−29¢/BuMay (K)14.4294
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1225–11.2725/bu+0.08−70–−55¢/BuMay (K)14.6146
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2825–11.3725/bu+0.08−54–−45¢/BuMay (K)14.6789
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1725–11.5025/bu+0.06−65–−32¢/BuMay (K)14.7271
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2225–11.3725/bu+0.08−60–−45¢/BuMay (K)14.8189
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6225–11.6725/bu+0.08−20–−15¢/BuMay (K)15.2938
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.3225–11.7725/bu+0.08−50–−5¢/BuMay (K)14.8278

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1375–4.4175/bu+0.05−18–+10¢/BuMay (K)6.6495
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2375–4.4675/bu+0.05−8–+15¢/BuMay (K)6.4753
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2175–4.3475/bu+0.05−10–+3¢/BuMay (K)6.8975
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1175–4.3675/bu+0.05−20–+5¢/BuMay (K)6.7104
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9675–4.2475/bu+0.07−35–−7¢/BuMay (K)6.4118
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9175–4.3275/bu+0.05−40–+1¢/BuMay (K)6.7404
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4175–4.4375/bu+0.05+10–+12¢/BuMay (K)6.7875
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.