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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Apr 8
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2775–9.4675/bu+0.10−65–−46¢/BuMay (K)11.2161
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3075–9.5975/bu+0.10−62–−33¢/BuMay (K)11.3528
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2275–9.4275/bu+0.10−70–−50¢/BuMay (K)11.1479
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2275–9.4775/bu+0.10−70–−45¢/BuMay (K)11.2564
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1975–9.4475/bu+0.10−73–−48¢/BuMay (K)11.3036
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2275–9.4275/bu+0.10−70–−50¢/BuMay (K)11.2221
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6275/bu+0.10−30¢/BuMay (K)11.5700
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.5275–9.8775/bu+0.10−40–−5¢/BuMay (K)11.4650

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3100–4.5300/bu+0.05−38–−16¢/BuMay (K)4.3181
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3500–4.5900/bu+0.05−34–−10¢/BuMay (K)4.3881
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3900–4.6700/bu+0.05−30–−2¢/BuMay (K)4.3254
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3400–4.5900/bu+0.05−35–−10¢/BuMay (K)4.2311
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2100–4.5100/bu+0.05−48–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.1568
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3800–4.4600/bu+0.06−31–−23¢/BuMay (K)4.1968
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5900–4.6100/bu+0.05−10–−8¢/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.