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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Apr 7
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1800–9.3700/bu+0.06−65–−46¢/BuMay (K)11.2861
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2100–9.5000/bu+0.06−62–−33¢/BuMay (K)11.4250
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1300–9.2800/bu+0.06−70–−55¢/BuMay (K)11.2179
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1300–9.3800/bu+0.06−70–−45¢/BuMay (K)11.3264
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1000–9.2900/bu+0.06−73–−54¢/BuMay (K)11.3750
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1300–9.3300/bu+0.06−70–−50¢/BuMay (K)11.2921
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5300/bu+0.06−30¢/BuMay (K)11.6400
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.4300–9.7800/bu+0.06−40–−5¢/BuMay (K)11.5350

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2650–4.4850/bu+0.04−38–−16¢/BuMay (K)4.3383
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3050–4.5450/bu+0.07−34–−10¢/BuMay (K)4.3994
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3450–4.6050/bu+0.04−30–−4¢/BuMay (K)4.3650
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2950–4.5450/bu+0.04−35–−10¢/BuMay (K)4.2536
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1650–4.4650/bu+0.04−48–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.1979
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3250–4.3950/bu+0.04−32–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.2293
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5450–4.5650/bu+0.04−10–−8¢/BuMay (K)4.5050
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.