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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Mar 19
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3825–9.5325/bu+0.05−70–−55¢/BuMay (K)11.5320
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3825–9.7325/bu+0.05−70–−35¢/BuMay (K)11.6450
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3325–9.4825/bu+0.05−75–−60¢/BuMay (K)11.4293
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2825–9.5325/bu+0.05−80–−55¢/BuMay (K)11.5836
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2825–9.5625/bu+0.05−80–−52¢/BuMay (K)11.6650
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3825–9.6825/bu+0.05−70–−40¢/BuMay (K)11.5621
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6825/bu+0.05−40¢/BuMay (K)11.8800
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.5825–9.9825/bu+0.05−50–−10¢/BuMay (K)11.7400

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2200–4.4100/bu+0.03−40–−21¢/BuMay (K)4.2490
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2700–4.4400/bu+0.05−35–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.3311
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2800–4.4900/bu+0.03−34–−13¢/BuMay (K)4.2714
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2400–4.4500/bu+0.08−38–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.1914
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1000–4.3700/bu+0.04−52–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.1757
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2700–4.3700/bu+0.05−35–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.1986
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4700/bu+0.04−15¢/BuMay (K)4.4400
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.