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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Apr 5
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2500–11.4500/bu+0.05−60–−40¢/BuMay (K)—
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3000–11.6000/bu+0.05−55–−25¢/BuMay (K)—
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1500–11.3000/bu+0.05−70–−55¢/BuMay (K)—
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3100–11.4500/bu+0.05−54–−40¢/BuMay (K)—
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2000–11.4900/bu+0.05−65–−36¢/BuMay (K)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2500–11.4000/bu+0.05−60–−45¢/BuMay (K)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6500–11.7000/bu+0.05−20–−15¢/BuMay (K)—
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.3500–11.8000/bu+0.05−50–−5¢/BuMay (K)—

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1625–4.4425/bu+0.01−18–+10¢/BuMay (K)—
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2625–4.5425/bu+0.01−8–+20¢/BuMay (K)—
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2425–4.4425/bu+0.01−10–+10¢/BuMay (K)—
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1625–4.3925/bu+0.01−18–+5¢/BuMay (K)—
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9925–4.2825/bu+0.01−35–−6¢/BuMay (K)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9425–4.3525/bu+0.01−40–+1¢/BuMay (K)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4425–4.4625/bu+0.01+10–+12¢/BuMay (K)—
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.