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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Mar 21
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3975–9.5975/bu+0.03−70–−50¢/BuMay (K)11.3840
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3975–9.7475/bu+0.03−70–−35¢/BuMay (K)11.4783
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3475–9.5175/bu+0.03−75–−58¢/BuMay (K)11.2664
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2975–9.5475/bu+0.03−80–−55¢/BuMay (K)11.4250
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2975–9.5775/bu+0.03−80–−52¢/BuMay (K)11.4921
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3975–9.6975/bu+0.03−70–−40¢/BuMay (K)11.3921
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6975/bu+0.03−40¢/BuMay (K)11.7350
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.5975–9.9975/bu+0.03−50–−10¢/BuMay (K)11.5750

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2425–4.4525/bu+0.05−40–−19¢/BuMay (K)4.2685
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2725–4.4925/bu+0.05−37–−15¢/BuMay (K)4.3525
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3025–4.5225/bu+0.05−34–−12¢/BuMay (K)4.2839
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2625–4.4725/bu+0.05−38–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.2125
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0725–4.3925/bu+0.10−57–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.1811
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2925–4.3925/bu+0.05−35–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.2011
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4925/bu+0.05−15¢/BuMay (K)4.4425
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.