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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, May 2
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2900–11.5900/bu+0.29−70–−40¢/BuJuly (N)13.9715
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3900–11.8100/bu+0.33−60–−18¢/BuJuly (N)13.8553
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2100–11.4400/bu+0.35−78–−55¢/BuJuly (N)14.0018
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3900–11.6500/bu+0.26−60–−34¢/BuJuly (N)14.1461
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4200–11.6700/bu+0.37−57–−32¢/BuJuly (N)13.9589
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3600–11.4400/bu+0.29−63–−55¢/BuJuly (N)14.1904
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6600–11.7400/bu+0.26−33–−25¢/BuJuly (N)14.5025
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.5900–12.0400/bu+0.29−40–+5¢/BuJuly (N)14.2475

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4975–4.6675/bu+0.09−10–+7¢/BuJuly (N)6.2720
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5075–4.7175/bu+0.09−9–+12¢/BuJuly (N)6.1356
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5175–4.6675/bu+0.09−8–+7¢/BuJuly (N)6.5086
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3975–4.5275/bu+0.05−20–−7¢/BuJuly (N)6.3271
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2075–4.5275/bu+0.05−39–−7¢/BuJuly (N)6.0371
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4175–4.6075/bu+0.31−18–+1¢/BuJuly (N)6.3443
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6475–4.6975/bu+0.04+5–+10¢/BuJuly (N)6.4800
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.