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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Apr 10
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6400–9.8900/bu+0.16−65–−40¢/BuMay (K)11.0636
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6700–10.0100/bu+0.16−62–−28¢/BuMay (K)11.2181
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6400–9.7900/bu+0.16−65–−50¢/BuMay (K)10.9996
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5900–9.8400/bu+0.16−70–−45¢/BuMay (K)11.1039
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5600–9.8500/bu+0.16−73–−44¢/BuMay (K)11.1596
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5900–9.7900/bu+0.16−70–−50¢/BuMay (K)11.0658
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9900/bu+0.16−30¢/BuMay (K)11.3675
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.8900–10.2400/bu+0.16−40–−5¢/BuMay (K)11.3225

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4500–4.6700/bu+0.09−38–−16¢/BuMay (K)4.3075
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4900–4.7300/bu+0.09−34–−10¢/BuMay (K)4.3597
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5300–4.8100/bu+0.09−30–−2¢/BuMay (K)4.3289
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4800–4.7500/bu+0.09−35–−8¢/BuMay (K)4.2132
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3400–4.6500/bu+0.08−49–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.1361
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5200–4.6300/bu+0.08−31–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.2358
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7500/bu+0.09−8¢/BuMay (K)4.4325
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.