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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Apr 30
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8800–11.2250/bu+0.02−75–−23¢/BuJuly (N)13.9215
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0550–11.4100/bu+0.15−40–−22¢/BuMay (K)13.7908
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8100–11.0600/bu+0.17−82–−57¢/BuJuly (N)13.9561
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0600–11.3300/bu+0.10−57–−30¢/BuJuly (N)14.0761
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9200–11.2300/bu+0.02−71–−40¢/BuJuly (N)13.8689
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8550–11.0800/bu+0.15−60–−55¢/BuMay (K)14.1704
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3100–11.3800/bu+0.19−32–−25¢/BuJuly (N)14.4325
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.2550–11.6550/bu+0.00−20–+20¢/BuMay (K)14.1775

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3675–4.5350/bu+0.03−10–+14¢/BuJuly (N)6.1740
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3175–4.5675/bu+0.03−15–+10¢/BuJuly (N)6.0411
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3875–4.5675/bu+0.03−8–+10¢/BuJuly (N)6.4171
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2675–4.5375/bu+0.03−20–+7¢/BuJuly (N)6.2514
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1450–4.4375/bu+0.04−25–−3¢/BuMay (K)5.9371
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0350–4.4775/bu+0.00−36–+1¢/BuMay (K)6.2357
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5675/bu+0.03+10¢/BuJuly (N)6.3800
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.