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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Apr 15
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7100–9.9600/bu+0.06−65–−40¢/BuMay (K)10.9450
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7400–10.1300/bu+0.06−62–−23¢/BuMay (K)11.1156
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7100–9.8600/bu+0.06−65–−50¢/BuMay (K)10.8571
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6600–9.9100/bu+0.06−70–−45¢/BuMay (K)10.9757
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6300–9.9600/bu+0.06−73–−40¢/BuMay (K)11.0414
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7600–9.8600/bu+0.04−60–−50¢/BuMay (K)10.9271
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0600/bu+0.06−30¢/BuMay (K)11.2250
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.0600–10.3100/bu+0.06−30–−5¢/BuMay (K)11.2000

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4325–4.6525/bu+0.04−38–−16¢/BuMay (K)4.3360
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5125–4.7125/bu+0.04−30–−10¢/BuMay (K)4.4011
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5125–4.8125/bu+0.04−30–0¢/BuMay (K)4.3571
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4625–4.7325/bu+0.04−35–−8¢/BuMay (K)4.2729
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3425–4.6325/bu+0.04−47–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.1743
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5125–4.6125/bu+0.04−30–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.2314
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7325–4.7525/bu+0.04−8–−6¢/BuMay (K)4.4900
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.