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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Feb 25
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5625–9.7725/bu+0.02−75–−54¢/BuMarch (H)10.7980
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5625–9.8725/bu+0.02−75–−44¢/BuMarch (H)10.8531
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6425–9.7875/bu+0.02−67–−70¢/BuMarch (H)10.7268
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5725–9.7125/bu+0.02−74–−60¢/BuMarch (H)10.7911
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5625–9.7825/bu+0.02−75–−53¢/BuMarch (H)10.9032
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6125–9.7675/bu+0.06−70–−72¢/BuMarch (H)10.8396
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8825/bu+0.02−43¢/BuMarch (H)11.1250
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.8625–10.1125/bu+0.17−45–−20¢/BuMarch (H)10.9990

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4175–4.5725/bu+0.03−38–−37¢/BuMarch (H)4.0020
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4375–4.6975/bu+0.03−36–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.0800
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3775–4.6875/bu+0.03−42–−11¢/BuMarch (H)4.0482
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3975–4.5975/bu+0.03−40–−20¢/BuMarch (H)3.9611
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2475–4.4975/bu+0.03−55–−30¢/BuMarch (H)3.9389
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3275–4.4775/bu+0.03−47–−32¢/BuMarch (H)3.9611
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6975/bu+0.03−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.1575
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.