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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Feb 27
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4775–9.6525/bu+0.02−75–−72¢/BuMarch (H)10.7905
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4775–9.7775/bu+0.02−75–−45¢/BuMarch (H)10.8375
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5575–9.6725/bu+0.02−67–−70¢/BuMarch (H)10.7061
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4875–9.6675/bu+0.02−74–−56¢/BuMarch (H)10.7961
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4775–9.6475/bu+0.02−75–−58¢/BuMarch (H)10.8896
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5175–9.6675/bu+0.03−71–−56¢/BuMarch (H)10.8161
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7975/bu+0.02−43¢/BuMarch (H)11.1400
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.7775–10.0275/bu+0.02−45–−20¢/BuMarch (H)10.9900

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2675–4.4675/bu+0.14−38–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.0803
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2975–4.5700/bu+0.13−35–−24¢/BuMarch (H)4.1553
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2275–4.5575/bu+0.14−42–−9¢/BuMarch (H)4.1050
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2475–4.5100/bu+0.14−40–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.0414
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1475–4.3475/bu+0.09−50–−30¢/BuMarch (H)4.0104
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1675–4.3600/bu+0.15−48–−45¢/BuMarch (H)4.0286
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5475/bu+0.14−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.1775
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.