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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Apr 21
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6450–9.8950/bu+0.07−65–−40¢/BuMay (K)11.1250
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7250–10.0650/bu+0.07−57–−23¢/BuMay (K)11.2856
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6450–9.7950/bu+0.07−65–−50¢/BuMay (K)11.0243
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6450–9.8450/bu+0.07−65–−45¢/BuMay (K)11.1714
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5650–9.8650/bu+0.07−73–−43¢/BuMay (K)11.2200
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6950–9.8750/bu+0.07−60–−42¢/BuMay (K)11.0943
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0950/bu+0.02−20¢/BuMay (K)11.3850
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9950–10.3450/bu+0.07−30–+5¢/BuMay (K)11.3600

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5075–4.6575/bu+0.01−31–−16¢/BuMay (K)4.4535
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5175–4.7175/bu+0.01−30–−10¢/BuMay (K)4.5008
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5175–4.8375/bu+0.01−30–+2¢/BuMay (K)4.4732
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4775–4.7375/bu+0.01−34–−8¢/BuMay (K)4.3818
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3575–4.6375/bu+0.05−46–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.2632
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5375–4.6175/bu+0.02−28–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.3389
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7575/bu+0.02−6¢/BuMay (K)4.6075
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.