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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Mar 20
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4300–9.6300/bu+0.05−70–−50¢/BuMay (K)11.5690
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4300–9.7800/bu+0.05−70–−35¢/BuMay (K)11.6733
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3800–9.5300/bu+0.05−75–−60¢/BuMay (K)11.4614
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3300–9.5800/bu+0.05−80–−55¢/BuMay (K)11.6200
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3300–9.6100/bu+0.05−80–−52¢/BuMay (K)11.6900
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4300–9.7300/bu+0.05−70–−40¢/BuMay (K)11.5871
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7300/bu+0.05−40¢/BuMay (K)11.9050
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.6300–10.0300/bu+0.05−50–−10¢/BuMay (K)11.7650

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2900–4.5000/bu+0.07−40–−19¢/BuMay (K)4.2755
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3200–4.5100/bu+0.05−37–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.3597
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3500–4.5700/bu+0.07−34–−12¢/BuMay (K)4.2989
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3100–4.5200/bu+0.07−38–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.2132
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1700–4.4400/bu+0.07−52–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.1861
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3400–4.4400/bu+0.07−35–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.2161
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5400/bu+0.07−15¢/BuMay (K)4.4575
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.