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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Mar 24
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3725–9.5725/bu+0.03−70–−50¢/BuMay (K)11.5465
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3725–9.7225/bu+0.03−70–−35¢/BuMay (K)11.6547
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3225–9.4925/bu+0.03−75–−58¢/BuMay (K)11.4396
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3225–9.5225/bu+0.03−75–−55¢/BuMay (K)11.5896
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2725–9.5425/bu+0.03−80–−53¢/BuMay (K)11.6539
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3725–9.5025/bu+0.03−70–−57¢/BuMay (K)11.5668
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6725/bu+0.03−40¢/BuMay (K)11.9025
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.5725–9.9725/bu+0.03−50–−10¢/BuMay (K)11.7375

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2450–4.4550/bu+0.00−40–−19¢/BuMay (K)4.2535
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2750–4.4950/bu+0.00−37–−15¢/BuMay (K)4.3519
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3250–4.5250/bu+0.02−32–−12¢/BuMay (K)4.2832
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2650–4.4750/bu+0.00−38–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.2246
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1050–4.3950/bu+0.03−54–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.1661
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2950–4.3950/bu+0.00−35–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.2032
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4950–4.5250/bu+0.00−15–−12¢/BuMay (K)4.4275
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.