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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Apr 29
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8575–11.4075/bu+0.01−75–−20¢/BuMay (K)14.0970
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2075–11.4575/bu+0.01−40–−15¢/BuMay (K)13.9831
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9775–11.2500/bu+0.03−63–−57¢/BuMay (K)14.1236
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1575–11.5200/bu+0.01−45–−30¢/BuMay (K)14.2650
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8975–11.4200/bu+0.01−71–−40¢/BuMay (K)14.0336
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0075–11.2500/bu+0.01−60–−57¢/BuMay (K)14.3293
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5000–11.5700/bu+0.08−32–−25¢/BuJuly (N)14.6000
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.2575–11.8075/bu+0.01−35–+20¢/BuMay (K)14.2900

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3925–4.5525/bu+0.09−10–+16¢/BuJuly (N)6.2170
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3425–4.5925/bu+0.07−15–+10¢/BuJuly (N)6.0717
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3625–4.5625/bu+0.01−3–+7¢/BuMay (K)6.4621
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2925–4.5625/bu+0.05−20–+7¢/BuJuly (N)6.2964
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1025–4.4625/bu+0.00−29–−3¢/BuMay (K)5.9693
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0325–4.5025/bu+0.01−36–+1¢/BuMay (K)6.2879
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5925/bu+0.01+10¢/BuJuly (N)6.4000
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.