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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Mar 27
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5175–9.6675/bu+0.21−65–−50¢/BuMay (K)11.3740
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5175–9.8175/bu+0.21−65–−35¢/BuMay (K)11.4850
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4675–9.5975/bu+0.21−70–−57¢/BuMay (K)11.2836
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4375–9.6675/bu+0.18−73–−50¢/BuMay (K)11.4121
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3675–9.6775/bu+0.16−80–−49¢/BuMay (K)11.4736
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4675–9.5975/bu+0.16−70–−57¢/BuMay (K)11.3850
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7675/bu+0.16−40¢/BuMay (K)11.7400
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.7675–10.0675/bu+0.26−40–−10¢/BuMay (K)11.5800

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1000–4.3100/bu+0.01−40–−19¢/BuMay (K)4.3210
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1300–4.3500/bu+0.01−37–−15¢/BuMay (K)4.4156
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2000–4.3900/bu+0.01−30–−11¢/BuMay (K)4.3386
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1400–4.4000/bu+0.01−36–−10¢/BuMay (K)4.2657
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0000–4.2700/bu+0.03−50–−23¢/BuMay (K)4.2357
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1700–4.2500/bu+0.01−33–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.2629
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3800/bu+0.02−12¢/BuMay (K)4.4950
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.