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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Mar 7
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4800–9.6500/bu+0.02−77–−60¢/BuMay (K)11.2720
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4800–9.9100/bu+0.02−77–−34¢/BuMay (K)11.3878
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5000–9.6000/bu+0.02−75–−65¢/BuMay (K)11.1500
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4300–9.7000/bu+0.02−82–−55¢/BuMay (K)11.3293
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4500–9.7000/bu+0.02−80–−55¢/BuMay (K)11.4357
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4700–9.6200/bu+0.02−78–−63¢/BuMay (K)11.2721
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8000/bu+0.03−45¢/BuMay (K)11.6000
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.7000–10.0000/bu+0.02−55–−25¢/BuMay (K)11.4900

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2425–4.4425/bu+0.05−45–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.2005
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2725–4.4925/bu+0.07−42–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.3075
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2525–4.5325/bu+0.05−44–−16¢/BuMay (K)4.2489
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2325–4.4425/bu+0.05−46–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.1454
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0925–4.3925/bu+0.05−60–−30¢/BuMay (K)4.1718
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2725–4.3425/bu+0.06−42–−35¢/BuMay (K)4.1596
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5125/bu+0.07−18¢/BuMay (K)4.4325
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.