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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Mar 13
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4075–9.5075/bu+0.17−70–−60¢/BuMay (K)11.3925
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4075–9.8875/bu+0.10−70–−22¢/BuMay (K)11.5014
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3575–9.4575/bu+0.10−75–−65¢/BuMay (K)11.2725
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3075–9.5575/bu+0.10−80–−55¢/BuMay (K)11.4204
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3075–9.5675/bu+0.10−80–−54¢/BuMay (K)11.5382
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4075–9.5075/bu+0.10−70–−60¢/BuMay (K)11.4168
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7075/bu+0.10−40¢/BuMay (K)11.7275
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.6075–10.0075/bu+0.10−50–−10¢/BuMay (K)11.6025

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2525–4.4125/bu+0.10−40–−24¢/BuMay (K)4.1735
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2725–4.4725/bu+0.06−38–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.2564
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2125–4.5225/bu+0.05−44–−13¢/BuMay (K)4.2132
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2025–4.4525/bu+0.05−45–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.0986
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1025–4.4025/bu+0.05−55–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.1061
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2525–4.3225/bu+0.05−40–−33¢/BuMay (K)4.1346
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4825–4.4925/bu+0.06−17–−16¢/BuMay (K)4.3675
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.