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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Apr 22
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7000–9.9500/bu+0.06−65–−40¢/BuMay (K)11.1950
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7800–10.1300/bu+0.06−57–−22¢/BuMay (K)11.3572
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7000–9.9500/bu+0.06−65–−40¢/BuMay (K)11.0893
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7000–9.9000/bu+0.06−65–−45¢/BuMay (K)11.2364
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6200–9.9600/bu+0.06−73–−39¢/BuMay (K)11.2907
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7200–9.9800/bu+0.03−63–−37¢/BuMay (K)11.1593
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1500/bu+0.06−20¢/BuMay (K)11.4500
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.0500–10.4000/bu+0.06−30–+5¢/BuMay (K)11.4250

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4475–4.5975/bu+0.06−31–−16¢/BuMay (K)4.5040
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5075–4.6675/bu+0.01−25–−9¢/BuMay (K)4.5489
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4575–4.7775/bu+0.06−30–+2¢/BuMay (K)4.5100
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4175–4.6775/bu+0.06−34–−8¢/BuMay (K)4.4143
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3375–4.5775/bu+0.02−42–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.3114
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4775–4.5575/bu+0.06−28–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.3786
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6975–4.7275/bu+0.06−6–−3¢/BuMay (K)4.6400
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.