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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Apr 17
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7150–9.9550/bu+0.02−65–−41¢/BuMay (K)10.8525
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7950–10.1350/bu+0.03−57–−23¢/BuMay (K)11.0125
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7150–9.8650/bu+0.02−65–−50¢/BuMay (K)10.7496
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7150–9.9150/bu+0.03−65–−45¢/BuMay (K)10.8754
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6350–9.8550/bu+0.02−73–−51¢/BuMay (K)10.9339
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7650–9.8750/bu+0.02−60–−49¢/BuMay (K)10.8196
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1150/bu+0.02−25¢/BuMay (K)11.1175
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.0650–10.3150/bu+0.02−30–−5¢/BuMay (K)11.0925

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5125–4.6625/bu+0.05−31–−16¢/BuMay (K)4.3235
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5225–4.7225/bu+0.02−30–−10¢/BuMay (K)4.3642
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5225–4.8225/bu+0.02−30–0¢/BuMay (K)4.3404
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4725–4.7425/bu+0.02−35–−8¢/BuMay (K)4.2361
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4025–4.6425/bu+0.03−42–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.1275
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5225–4.6225/bu+0.02−30–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.2046
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7425–4.7625/bu+0.02−8–−6¢/BuMay (K)4.4775
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.