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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Feb 26
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4950–9.7050/bu+0.07−75–−54¢/BuMarch (H)10.8480
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4950–9.8450/bu+0.07−75–−40¢/BuMarch (H)10.8983
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5750–9.7125/bu+0.07−67–−70¢/BuMarch (H)10.7511
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5050–9.6450/bu+0.07−74–−60¢/BuMarch (H)10.8389
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4950–9.7150/bu+0.07−75–−53¢/BuMarch (H)10.9375
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5450–9.7725/bu+0.07−70–−64¢/BuMarch (H)10.8646
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8150/bu+0.07−43¢/BuMarch (H)11.1863
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.7950–10.0450/bu+0.07−45–−20¢/BuMarch (H)11.0388

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4025–4.6025/bu+0.02−38–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.0808
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4225–4.6950/bu+0.02−36–−24¢/BuMarch (H)4.1289
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3625–4.6925/bu+0.02−42–−9¢/BuMarch (H)4.0907
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3825–4.5825/bu+0.02−40–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.0300
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2325–4.4825/bu+0.02−55–−30¢/BuMarch (H)3.9936
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3125–4.5950/bu+0.02−47–−34¢/BuMarch (H)4.0143
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6825/bu+0.02−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.2175
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.