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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, May 20
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7800–11.9800/bu+0.20−70–−50¢/BuJuly (N)13.0990
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7600–12.0900/bu+0.20−72–−39¢/BuJuly (N)13.0992
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7200–11.9300/bu+0.22−76–−55¢/BuJuly (N)13.2200
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8300–12.0300/bu+0.20−65–−45¢/BuJuly (N)13.3311
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7300–12.1000/bu+0.20−75–−38¢/BuJuly (N)13.1882
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8300–11.9800/bu+0.20−65–−50¢/BuJuly (N)13.4482
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1800–12.2300/bu+0.20−30–−25¢/BuJuly (N)13.7375
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.8300–12.3800/bu+0.20−65–−10¢/BuJuly (N)13.4580

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4050–4.5850/bu+0.08−20–−2¢/BuJuly (N)6.1600
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3950–4.6650/bu+0.08−21–+6¢/BuJuly (N)6.0067
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5050–4.6850/bu+0.08−10–+8¢/BuJuly (N)6.3529
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3850–4.5450/bu+0.08−22–−6¢/BuJuly (N)6.1750
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2050–4.5050/bu+0.13−40–−10¢/BuJuly (N)5.8786
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1250–4.6150/bu+0.02−48–+1¢/BuJuly (N)6.2371
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6450–4.6650/bu+0.06+4–+6¢/BuJuly (N)6.4100
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.