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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Mar 4
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1900–9.4000/bu+0.13−80–−59¢/BuMay (K)10.9090
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2200–9.6500/bu+0.11−77–−34¢/BuMay (K)11.0289
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2300–9.3400/bu+0.09−76–−65¢/BuMay (K)10.8000
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1700–9.2900/bu+0.13−82–−70¢/BuMay (K)10.9125
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1500–9.4400/bu+0.17−69–−55¢/BuMarch (H)11.0500
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2100–9.2900/bu+0.13−78–−70¢/BuMay (K)10.9239
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4400/bu+0.13−55¢/BuMay (K)11.2400
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.4400–9.6900/bu+0.13−55–−30¢/BuMay (K)11.1300

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0350–4.2250/bu+0.05−48–−29¢/BuMay (K)4.0525
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9650–4.3150/bu+0.05−55–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.1492
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0750–4.3350/bu+0.05−44–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.0811
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0650–4.2450/bu+0.04−45–−27¢/BuMay (K)3.9986
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8650–4.2150/bu+0.05−65–−30¢/BuMay (K)4.0268
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0100–4.1650/bu+0.04−35¢/BuMarch (H)4.0214
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2950/bu+0.05−22¢/BuMay (K)4.2425
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.