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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Mar 14
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4600–9.5600/bu+0.05−70–−60¢/BuMay (K)11.4225
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4600–9.8100/bu+0.05−70–−35¢/BuMay (K)11.5447
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4100–9.5100/bu+0.05−75–−65¢/BuMay (K)11.3025
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3600–9.6100/bu+0.05−80–−55¢/BuMay (K)11.4711
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3600–9.6300/bu+0.05−80–−53¢/BuMay (K)11.5682
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4600–9.5600/bu+0.05−70–−60¢/BuMay (K)11.4468
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7600/bu+0.05−40¢/BuMay (K)11.7575
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.6600–10.0600/bu+0.05−50–−10¢/BuMay (K)11.6325

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1850–4.3450/bu+0.07−40–−24¢/BuMay (K)4.2055
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1550–4.4050/bu+0.12−43–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.2864
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1450–4.4550/bu+0.07−44–−13¢/BuMay (K)4.2432
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1350–4.3850/bu+0.07−45–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.1446
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0250–4.3350/bu+0.08−56–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.1332
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1850–4.2550/bu+0.07−40–−33¢/BuMay (K)4.1646
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4150–4.4250/bu+0.07−17–−16¢/BuMay (K)4.3975
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.