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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Apr 4
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1200–9.3100/bu+0.35−65–−46¢/BuMay (K)11.3200
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1500–9.4400/bu+0.35−62–−33¢/BuMay (K)11.4533
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.0700–9.2200/bu+0.35−70–−55¢/BuMay (K)11.2486
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.0700–9.3200/bu+0.35−70–−45¢/BuMay (K)11.3614
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.0400–9.2700/bu+0.35−73–−50¢/BuMay (K)11.4129
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.0700–9.2700/bu+0.35−70–−50¢/BuMay (K)11.3271
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4700/bu+0.35−30¢/BuMay (K)11.6750
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.3700–9.6700/bu+0.35−40–−10¢/BuMay (K)11.5600

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2225–4.4325/bu+0.03−38–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.3075
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2325–4.5025/bu+0.00−37–−10¢/BuMay (K)4.3658
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3025–4.5625/bu+0.03−30–−4¢/BuMay (K)4.3254
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2525–4.5025/bu+0.03−35–−10¢/BuMay (K)4.2354
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1225–4.4225/bu+0.04−48–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.1839
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2825–4.3525/bu+0.03−32–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.2039
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5025/bu+0.03−10¢/BuMay (K)4.4525
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.