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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, May 3
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4500–11.7500/bu+0.16−70–−40¢/BuJuly (N)14.1550
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5000–11.9200/bu+0.11−65–−23¢/BuJuly (N)14.0594
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3700–11.6000/bu+0.16−78–−55¢/BuJuly (N)14.1893
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5500–11.7000/bu+0.16−60–−45¢/BuJuly (N)14.2979
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5800–11.8300/bu+0.16−57–−32¢/BuJuly (N)14.1450
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5000–11.6000/bu+0.14−65–−55¢/BuJuly (N)14.3700
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8500–11.9000/bu+0.19−30–−25¢/BuJuly (N)14.6650
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.7000–12.2000/bu+0.11−45–+5¢/BuJuly (N)14.4350

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4525–4.6825/bu+0.05−15–+8¢/BuJuly (N)6.3510
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4625–4.6825/bu+0.05−14–+8¢/BuJuly (N)6.2061
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4925–4.7025/bu+0.03−11–+10¢/BuJuly (N)6.5950
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4025–4.5325/bu+0.01−20–−7¢/BuJuly (N)6.4164
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2225–4.5325/bu+0.02−38–−7¢/BuJuly (N)6.1307
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2225–4.6125/bu+0.20−38–+1¢/BuJuly (N)6.4367
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6625–4.7025/bu+0.02+6–+10¢/BuJuly (N)6.5650
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.