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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Mar 28
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5300–9.6600/bu+0.06−70–−57¢/BuMay (K)—
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5800–9.7300/bu+0.06−65–−50¢/BuMay (K)—
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5800–9.8900/bu+0.06−65–−34¢/BuMay (K)—
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5300–9.7300/bu+0.09−70–−50¢/BuMay (K)—
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4300–9.6900/bu+0.06−80–−54¢/BuMay (K)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5300–9.6600/bu+0.06−70–−57¢/BuMay (K)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8300/bu+0.06−40¢/BuMay (K)—
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.8300–10.1300/bu+0.06−40–−10¢/BuMay (K)—

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1325–4.3725/bu+0.03−40–−16¢/BuMay (K)—
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1625–4.3825/bu+0.03−37–−15¢/BuMay (K)—
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2325–4.4425/bu+0.03−30–−9¢/BuMay (K)—
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1725–4.4325/bu+0.03−36–−10¢/BuMay (K)—
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0525–4.3025/bu+0.05−48–−23¢/BuMay (K)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2025–4.2825/bu+0.03−33–−25¢/BuMay (K)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4125–4.4325/bu+0.03−12–−10¢/BuMay (K)—
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.