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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Mar 3
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3150–9.4150/bu+0.10−80–−70¢/BuMay (K)10.9690
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3250–9.5450/bu+0.11−79–−57¢/BuMay (K)11.0767
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3150–9.4550/bu+0.14−80–−66¢/BuMay (K)10.8443
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2950–9.4150/bu+0.08−82–−70¢/BuMay (K)10.9586
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3150–9.6050/bu+0.11−80–−51¢/BuMay (K)11.0714
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3350–9.4150/bu+0.07−78–−70¢/BuMay (K)10.9733
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5650/bu+0.12−55¢/BuMay (K)11.2750
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.5650–9.8150/bu+0.10−55–−30¢/BuMay (K)11.1900

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0825–4.2425/bu+0.13−48–−32¢/BuMay (K)4.0900
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0125–4.3625/bu+0.17−55–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.1556
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1225–4.3625/bu+0.09−44–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.1100
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1025–4.2925/bu+0.05−46–−27¢/BuMay (K)4.0493
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9125–4.2825/bu+0.02−65–−28¢/BuMay (K)4.0143
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0525–4.2125/bu+0.03−35¢/BuMarch (H)4.0725
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3425/bu+0.09−22¢/BuMay (K)4.2800
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.