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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, May 15
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4350–11.6250/bu+0.01−70–−51¢/BuJuly (N)13.1508
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4150–11.7450/bu+0.01−72–−39¢/BuJuly (N)13.0533
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3550–11.5850/bu+0.01−78–−55¢/BuJuly (N)13.0739
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5050–11.5850/bu+0.01−63–−55¢/BuJuly (N)13.3014
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4350–11.7550/bu+0.09−70–−38¢/BuJuly (N)13.1457
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4450–11.6350/bu+0.01−69–−50¢/BuJuly (N)13.3771
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8350–11.8850/bu+0.04−30–−25¢/BuJuly (N)13.6950
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.4850–12.0350/bu+0.01−65–−10¢/BuJuly (N)13.4415

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4250–4.6250/bu+0.05−20–0¢/BuJuly (N)6.0680
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3950–4.6650/bu+0.12−23–+4¢/BuJuly (N)5.8394
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5250–4.6750/bu+0.05−10–+5¢/BuJuly (N)6.2607
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3850–4.7550/bu+0.05−24–+13¢/BuJuly (N)6.0967
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1650–4.5250/bu+0.05−46–−10¢/BuJuly (N)5.8207
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2450–4.6350/bu+0.05−38–+1¢/BuJuly (N)6.1264
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6850/bu+0.05+6¢/BuJuly (N)6.3150
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.