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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Mar 25
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3575–9.5175/bu+0.02−66–−50¢/BuMay (K)11.4440
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3675–9.6775/bu+0.01−65–−34¢/BuMay (K)11.5611
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2675–9.4375/bu+0.06−75–−58¢/BuMay (K)11.3371
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2675–9.4675/bu+0.06−75–−55¢/BuMay (K)11.4871
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2175–9.4875/bu+0.06−80–−53¢/BuMay (K)11.5429
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3075–9.4475/bu+0.07−71–−57¢/BuMay (K)11.4571
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6175/bu+0.06−40¢/BuMay (K)11.8000
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.5175–9.9175/bu+0.06−50–−10¢/BuMay (K)11.6550

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1775–4.3775/bu+0.07−40–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.2150
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2075–4.4275/bu+0.07−37–−15¢/BuMay (K)4.3117
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2775–4.4575/bu+0.05−30–−12¢/BuMay (K)4.2364
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1875–4.4275/bu+0.08−39–−15¢/BuMay (K)4.1836
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0675–4.3475/bu+0.04−51–−23¢/BuMay (K)4.1407
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2375–4.3275/bu+0.06−34–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.1650
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4575/bu+0.04−12¢/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.