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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Mar 26
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3100–9.5100/bu+0.05−70–−50¢/BuMay (K)11.3890
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3100–9.6600/bu+0.06−70–−35¢/BuMay (K)11.4961
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2600–9.4300/bu+0.01−75–−58¢/BuMay (K)11.2821
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2600–9.4600/bu+0.01−75–−55¢/BuMay (K)11.4221
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2100–9.4800/bu+0.01−80–−53¢/BuMay (K)11.4779
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3100–9.4400/bu+0.00−70–−57¢/BuMay (K)11.3950
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6100/bu+0.01−40¢/BuMay (K)11.7500
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.5100–9.9100/bu+0.01−50–−10¢/BuMay (K)11.5900

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1125–4.3225/bu+0.07−40–−19¢/BuMay (K)4.1705
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1425–4.3625/bu+0.07−37–−15¢/BuMay (K)4.2631
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1925–4.3925/bu+0.09−32–−12¢/BuMay (K)4.1789
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1325–4.3425/bu+0.06−38–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.1375
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9725–4.2625/bu+0.10−54–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.0946
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1625–4.2625/bu+0.08−35–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.1118
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3625–4.3925/bu+0.10−15–−12¢/BuMay (K)4.3625
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.