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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Apr 11
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7775–10.0275/bu+0.14−65–−40¢/BuMay (K)11.2033
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8075–10.0975/bu+0.14−62–−33¢/BuMay (K)11.4056
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7775–9.9275/bu+0.14−65–−50¢/BuMay (K)11.1471
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7275–9.9775/bu+0.14−70–−45¢/BuMay (K)11.2514
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6975–10.0275/bu+0.14−73–−40¢/BuMay (K)11.3300
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8275–9.9275/bu+0.24−60–−50¢/BuMay (K)11.2171
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1275/bu+0.14−30¢/BuMay (K)11.5150
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.1275–10.3775/bu+0.24−30–−5¢/BuMay (K)11.4700

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5225–4.7425/bu+0.07−38–−16¢/BuMay (K)4.3806
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6025–4.9325/bu+0.11−30–+3¢/BuMay (K)4.4272
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6025–4.8825/bu+0.07−30–−2¢/BuMay (K)4.3964
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5525–4.8225/bu+0.07−35–−8¢/BuMay (K)4.2850
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4125–4.7225/bu+0.07−49–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.2007
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6025–4.7025/bu+0.08−30–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.2536
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8225/bu+0.07−8¢/BuMay (K)4.5100
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.