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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Mar 11
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3425–9.5125/bu+0.03−77–−60¢/BuMay (K)11.4000
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3425–9.8525/bu+0.03−77–−26¢/BuMay (K)11.5089
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3625–9.4625/bu+0.03−75–−65¢/BuMay (K)11.2829
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2925–9.5625/bu+0.03−82–−55¢/BuMay (K)11.4300
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3125–9.6125/bu+0.03−80–−50¢/BuMay (K)11.5471
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3325–9.5125/bu+0.03−78–−60¢/BuMay (K)11.4243
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6625/bu+0.03−45¢/BuMay (K)11.7650
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.6125–9.9625/bu+0.02−50–−15¢/BuMay (K)11.6050

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2525–4.4725/bu+0.02−45–−23¢/BuMay (K)4.2475
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2925–4.5025/bu+0.02−41–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.3319
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2625–4.5525/bu+0.02−44–−15¢/BuMay (K)4.2861
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2525–4.5025/bu+0.02−45–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.1693
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1425–4.4525/bu+0.00−56–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.1804
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2825–4.3525/bu+0.02−42–−35¢/BuMay (K)4.2146
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5225–4.5325/bu+0.02−18–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.4475
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.