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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Apr 4
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2000–11.3000/bu+0.02−60–−50¢/BuMay (K)14.3700
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2500–11.5100/bu+0.02−55–−29¢/BuMay (K)14.2661
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1000–11.2500/bu+0.02−70–−55¢/BuMay (K)14.4693
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2600–11.4000/bu+0.02−54–−40¢/BuMay (K)14.5264
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1500–11.4400/bu+0.02−65–−36¢/BuMay (K)14.5393
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2000–11.3500/bu+0.02−60–−45¢/BuMay (K)14.6593
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6000–11.6500/bu+0.02−20–−15¢/BuMay (K)15.1250
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.3000–11.7500/bu+0.02−50–−5¢/BuMay (K)14.6770

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1725–4.4525/bu+0.04−18–+10¢/BuMay (K)6.5570
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2725–4.5025/bu+0.04−8–+15¢/BuMay (K)6.3828
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2525–4.3925/bu+0.04−10–+4¢/BuMay (K)6.8336
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1725–4.4025/bu+0.06−18–+5¢/BuMay (K)6.6136
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0025–4.2825/bu+0.04−35–−7¢/BuMay (K)6.3064
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9525–4.3625/bu+0.04−40–+1¢/BuMay (K)6.6479
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4525–4.4725/bu+0.04+10–+12¢/BuMay (K)6.6950
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.