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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Apr 12
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1400–11.2600/bu+0.15−60–−48¢/BuMay (K)14.4720
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2900–11.5500/bu+0.25−45–−19¢/BuMay (K)14.3253
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0700–11.2200/bu+0.15−67–−52¢/BuMay (K)14.5382
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2000–11.3400/bu+0.15−54–−40¢/BuMay (K)14.5811
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1800–11.3800/bu+0.23−56–−36¢/BuMay (K)14.5979
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1400–11.2900/bu+0.15−60–−45¢/BuMay (K)14.7125
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4900–11.5400/bu+0.15−25–−20¢/BuMay (K)15.0225
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.2400–11.7400/bu+0.15−50–0¢/BuMay (K)14.6845

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2050–4.4950/bu+0.07−15–+14¢/BuMay (K)6.7435
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2750–4.5550/bu+0.07−8–+20¢/BuMay (K)6.6264
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3050–4.4950/bu+0.07−5–+14¢/BuMay (K)6.9889
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2050–4.4050/bu+0.08−15–+5¢/BuMay (K)6.7861
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0750–4.3050/bu+0.05−28–−5¢/BuMay (K)6.6411
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9550–4.4050/bu+0.18−40–+5¢/BuMay (K)6.8583
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4950–4.5250/bu+0.07+14–+17¢/BuMay (K)6.8525
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.