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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Apr 16
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7375–9.9875/bu+0.03−65–−40¢/BuMay (K)10.9950
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7675–10.1575/bu+0.03−62–−23¢/BuMay (K)11.1683
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7375–9.8875/bu+0.03−65–−50¢/BuMay (K)10.9021
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6875–9.9375/bu+0.03−70–−45¢/BuMay (K)11.0279
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6575–9.9675/bu+0.03−73–−42¢/BuMay (K)11.0879
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7875–9.8975/bu+0.03−60–−49¢/BuMay (K)10.9600
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1375/bu+0.08−25¢/BuMay (K)11.2700
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.0875–10.3375/bu+0.03−30–−5¢/BuMay (K)11.2450

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4625–4.6825/bu+0.03−38–−16¢/BuMay (K)4.3495
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5425–4.7425/bu+0.03−30–−10¢/BuMay (K)4.3992
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5425–4.8425/bu+0.03−30–0¢/BuMay (K)4.3539
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4925–4.7625/bu+0.03−35–−8¢/BuMay (K)4.2711
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3725–4.6625/bu+0.03−47–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.1554
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5425–4.6425/bu+0.03−30–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.2358
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7625–4.7825/bu+0.03−8–−6¢/BuMay (K)4.5125
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.