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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Apr 26
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3700–4.5800/bu+0.04−3–+18¢/BuMay (K)6.4643
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3400–4.5300/bu+0.03−16–+3¢/BuJuly (N)6.2986
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1000–4.4700/bu+0.01−30–−3¢/BuMay (K)5.9571
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0400–4.5100/bu+0.03−36–+1¢/BuMay (K)6.2500
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6000–4.7100/bu+0.01+20–+21¢/BuMay (K)6.3800
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3000–4.5800/bu+0.01−10–+8¢/BuMay (K)6.2320
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4100–4.6500/bu+0.01−9–+25¢/BuJuly (N)6.0544

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8450–11.3950/bu+0.18−75–−20¢/BuMay (K)14.0095
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1950–11.4450/bu+0.03−40–−15¢/BuMay (K)13.7803
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9450–11.2025/bu+0.03−65–−57¢/BuMay (K)14.0425
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1450–11.4725/bu+0.03−45–−30¢/BuMay (K)14.1896
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8850–11.3725/bu+0.20−71–−40¢/BuMay (K)13.9425
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9950–11.2225/bu+0.08−60–−55¢/BuMay (K)14.2511
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4225–11.5225/bu+0.03−35–−25¢/BuJuly (N)14.5175
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.2450–11.7950/bu+0.03−35–+20¢/BuMay (K)14.2425
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.