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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Mar 12
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2350–9.4050/bu+0.11−77–−60¢/BuMay (K)11.4065
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3050–9.7850/bu+0.04−70–−22¢/BuMay (K)11.5186
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2550–9.3550/bu+0.11−75–−65¢/BuMay (K)11.2875
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2050–9.4550/bu+0.09−80–−55¢/BuMay (K)11.4375
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2050–9.4550/bu+0.11−80–−55¢/BuMay (K)11.5532
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3050–9.4050/bu+0.03−70–−60¢/BuMay (K)11.4318
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6050/bu+0.06−40¢/BuMay (K)11.7375
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.5050–9.9050/bu+0.11−50–−10¢/BuMay (K)11.6125

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1575–4.3775/bu+0.10−45–−23¢/BuMay (K)4.2485
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2175–4.4075/bu+0.08−39–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.3303
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1675–4.4575/bu+0.10−44–−15¢/BuMay (K)4.2811
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1575–4.4075/bu+0.10−45–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.1686
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0575–4.3575/bu+0.09−55–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.1754
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2075–4.2575/bu+0.08−40–−35¢/BuMay (K)4.2096
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4275–4.4375/bu+0.10−18–−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.