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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Mar 18
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4275–9.5775/bu+0.03−70–−55¢/BuMay (K)11.2920
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4275–9.7775/bu+0.03−70–−35¢/BuMay (K)11.4050
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3775–9.5075/bu+0.03−75–−62¢/BuMay (K)11.1893
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3275–9.5775/bu+0.03−80–−55¢/BuMay (K)11.3436
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3275–9.6075/bu+0.03−80–−52¢/BuMay (K)11.4179
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4275–9.5275/bu+0.03−70–−60¢/BuMay (K)11.3221
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7275/bu+0.03−40¢/BuMay (K)11.6400
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.6275–10.0275/bu+0.03−50–−10¢/BuMay (K)11.5000

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1875–4.3775/bu+0.02−40–−21¢/BuMay (K)4.2540
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2175–4.4075/bu+0.02−37–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.3361
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2475–4.4375/bu+0.02−34–−15¢/BuMay (K)4.2764
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1575–4.4175/bu+0.02−43–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.1964
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0575–4.3375/bu+0.03−53–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.1621
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2175–4.3375/bu+0.02−37–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.2036
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4275–4.4375/bu+0.02−16–−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.