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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Apr 24
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8800–10.1300/bu+0.13−65–−40¢/BuMay (K)11.2045
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9600–10.2600/bu+0.13−57–−27¢/BuMay (K)11.3264
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8800–10.1500/bu+0.13−65–−38¢/BuMay (K)11.0775
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8800–10.0800/bu+0.13−65–−45¢/BuMay (K)11.2661
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8000–10.1800/bu+0.13−73–−35¢/BuMay (K)11.2961
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9800–10.1800/bu+0.13−55–−35¢/BuMay (K)11.1561
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3300/bu+0.13−20¢/BuMay (K)11.4625
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.2300–10.5800/bu+0.13−30–+5¢/BuMay (K)11.4275

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4625–4.6125/bu+0.05−31–−16¢/BuMay (K)4.4830
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5025–4.7525/bu+0.04−27–−2¢/BuMay (K)4.5344
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4725–4.7925/bu+0.05−30–+2¢/BuMay (K)4.5057
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4325–4.6925/bu+0.05−34–−8¢/BuMay (K)4.4143
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3225–4.5725/bu+0.05−45–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.3043
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4925–4.5725/bu+0.05−28–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.3771
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7125–4.7425/bu+0.05−6–−3¢/BuMay (K)4.6700
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.