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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Apr 3
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4650–9.6550/bu+0.18−65–−46¢/BuMay (K)11.2600
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4950–9.8150/bu+0.18−62–−30¢/BuMay (K)11.3978
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4150–9.5650/bu+0.18−70–−55¢/BuMay (K)11.1986
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4150–9.6650/bu+0.18−70–−45¢/BuMay (K)11.3114
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3850–9.6350/bu+0.18−73–−48¢/BuMay (K)11.3629
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4150–9.6150/bu+0.18−70–−50¢/BuMay (K)11.2771
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8150/bu+0.13−30¢/BuMay (K)11.6250
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.7150–10.0150/bu+0.18−40–−10¢/BuMay (K)11.5100

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1950–4.4050/bu+0.00−38–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.3075
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2350–4.4750/bu+0.00−34–−10¢/BuMay (K)4.3681
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2750–4.5050/bu+0.00−30–−7¢/BuMay (K)4.3182
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2250–4.4750/bu+0.01−35–−10¢/BuMay (K)4.2325
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0850–4.3950/bu+0.00−49–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.1839
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2550–4.3250/bu+0.01−32–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.2139
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4750/bu+0.00−10¢/BuMay (K)4.4625
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.