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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Apr 23
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7525–10.0025/bu+0.05−65–−40¢/BuMay (K)11.1800
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8325–10.1825/bu+0.05−57–−22¢/BuMay (K)11.3589
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7525–10.0225/bu+0.05−65–−38¢/BuMay (K)11.0757
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7525–9.9525/bu+0.05−65–−45¢/BuMay (K)11.2286
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6725–10.0525/bu+0.05−73–−35¢/BuMay (K)11.2986
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8525–10.0525/bu+0.13−55–−35¢/BuMay (K)11.1643
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2025/bu+0.05−20¢/BuMay (K)11.4850
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.1025–10.4525/bu+0.05−30–+5¢/BuMay (K)11.4100

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4100–4.5700/bu+0.04−31–−15¢/BuMay (K)4.4515
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4600–4.6300/bu+0.05−26–−9¢/BuMay (K)4.4983
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4200–4.7400/bu+0.04−30–+2¢/BuMay (K)4.4739
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3800–4.6400/bu+0.04−34–−8¢/BuMay (K)4.3618
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2700–4.5200/bu+0.07−45–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.2646
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4400–4.5200/bu+0.04−28–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.3239
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6600–4.6900/bu+0.04−6–−3¢/BuMay (K)4.5775
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.