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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, May 1
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0025–11.3025/bu+0.12−70–−40¢/BuJuly (N)13.9880
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0575–11.5025/bu+0.00−50–−20¢/BuMay (K)13.8528
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8625–11.1325/bu+0.05−84–−57¢/BuJuly (N)14.0164
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1325–11.4525/bu+0.07−57–−25¢/BuJuly (N)14.1436
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0525–11.3825/bu+0.13−65–−32¢/BuJuly (N)13.9507
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0725–11.1525/bu+0.22−63–−55¢/BuJuly (N)14.2164
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4025–11.4525/bu+0.09−30–−25¢/BuJuly (N)14.5000
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.3025–11.7525/bu+0.05−40–+5¢/BuJuly (N)14.2450

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4075–4.5775/bu+0.04−10–+7¢/BuJuly (N)6.2610
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4175–4.6575/bu+0.10−9–+15¢/BuJuly (N)6.1261
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4275–4.5775/bu+0.04−8–+7¢/BuJuly (N)6.4993
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3475–4.4875/bu+0.08−16–−2¢/BuJuly (N)6.3364
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1575–4.4375/bu+0.01−35–−7¢/BuJuly (N)6.0221
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1075–4.5175/bu+0.07−40–+1¢/BuJuly (N)6.3179
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6075/bu+0.04+10¢/BuJuly (N)6.4650
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.