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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Mar 17
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4550–9.5550/bu+0.01−70–−60¢/BuMay (K)11.3175
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4550–9.8050/bu+0.01−70–−35¢/BuMay (K)11.4397
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4050–9.5350/bu+0.01−75–−62¢/BuMay (K)11.1975
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3550–9.6050/bu+0.01−80–−55¢/BuMay (K)11.3661
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3550–9.6150/bu+0.01−80–−54¢/BuMay (K)11.4632
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4550–9.5550/bu+0.01−70–−60¢/BuMay (K)11.3418
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7550/bu+0.01−40¢/BuMay (K)11.6525
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.6550–10.0550/bu+0.01−50–−10¢/BuMay (K)11.5275

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2100–4.3600/bu+0.03−40–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.1980
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2400–4.4300/bu+0.09−37–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.2789
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2700–4.4800/bu+0.13−34–−13¢/BuMay (K)4.2357
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1800–4.4100/bu+0.05−43–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.1371
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0900–4.3600/bu+0.07−52–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.1257
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2400–4.3600/bu+0.06−37–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.1571
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4500–4.4600/bu+0.04−16–−15¢/BuMay (K)4.3900
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.