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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Apr 1
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6925–9.8625/bu+0.20−65–−48¢/BuMay (K)11.2100
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7225–10.0025/bu+0.23−62–−34¢/BuMay (K)11.3267
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6425–9.7925/bu+0.20−70–−55¢/BuMay (K)11.1386
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6425–9.8925/bu+0.20−70–−45¢/BuMay (K)11.2443
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6125–9.8625/bu+0.27−73–−48¢/BuMay (K)11.3143
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6425–9.8125/bu+0.20−70–−53¢/BuMay (K)11.2171
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9925/bu+0.33−35¢/BuMay (K)11.5650
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9425–10.2425/bu+0.20−40–−10¢/BuMay (K)11.4500

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2375–4.4275/bu+0.07−38–−19¢/BuMay (K)4.1910
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2775–4.4775/bu+0.02−34–−14¢/BuMay (K)4.2694
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3175–4.5475/bu+0.05−30–−7¢/BuMay (K)4.2121
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2575–4.5075/bu+0.05−36–−11¢/BuMay (K)4.1421
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1275–4.4375/bu+0.04−49–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.0836
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2875–4.3675/bu+0.05−33–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.1164
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5175/bu+0.07−10¢/BuMay (K)4.3750
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.