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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Mar 6
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5025–9.6725/bu+0.17−77–−60¢/BuMay (K)11.1015
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5025–9.9125/bu+0.16−77–−36¢/BuMay (K)11.2103
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5225–9.6225/bu+0.16−75–−65¢/BuMay (K)10.9725
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4525–9.6725/bu+0.16−82–−60¢/BuMay (K)11.1507
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4725–9.7225/bu+0.16−80–−55¢/BuMay (K)11.2611
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4925–9.6225/bu+0.17−78–−65¢/BuMay (K)11.1007
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7725/bu+0.16−50¢/BuMay (K)11.4225
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.7225–10.0725/bu+0.16−55–−20¢/BuMay (K)11.3125

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1900–4.3600/bu+0.08−45–−28¢/BuMay (K)4.1740
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2000–4.4400/bu+0.19−44–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.2900
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2000–4.4600/bu+0.08−44–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.2029
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1800–4.3900/bu+0.09−46–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.1314
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0400–4.3400/bu+0.09−60–−30¢/BuMay (K)4.1657
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2100–4.2900/bu+0.15−43–−35¢/BuMay (K)4.1443
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4400/bu+0.10−20¢/BuMay (K)4.4150
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.