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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Mar 5
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3375–9.5275/bu+0.15−78–−59¢/BuMay (K)10.9215
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3475–9.6375/bu+0.13−77–−34¢/BuMay (K)11.0236
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3675–9.4675/bu+0.14−75–−65¢/BuMay (K)10.7925
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2975–9.5175/bu+0.13−82–−60¢/BuMay (K)10.9868
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3175–9.5675/bu+0.17−80–−55¢/BuMay (K)11.0354
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3275–9.4475/bu+0.12−79–−67¢/BuMay (K)10.9439
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6175/bu+0.18−50¢/BuMay (K)11.2325
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.5675–9.8675/bu+0.13−55–−25¢/BuMay (K)11.1225

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1075–4.2675/bu+0.07−45–−29¢/BuMay (K)4.0815
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0075–4.3575/bu+0.04−55–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.1864
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1175–4.3775/bu+0.04−44–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.1061
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0875–4.3075/bu+0.02−47–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.0336
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9475–4.2575/bu+0.08−61–−30¢/BuMay (K)4.0575
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0575–4.2075/bu+0.05−50–−35¢/BuMay (K)4.0507
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3375–4.3575/bu+0.04−22–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.2925
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.