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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Apr 25
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9275–10.0875/bu+0.05−57–−41¢/BuMay (K)11.1668
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9275–10.2275/bu+0.03−57–−27¢/BuMay (K)11.2994
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8475–10.0475/bu+0.03−65–−45¢/BuMay (K)11.0821
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8475–10.0475/bu+0.03−65–−45¢/BuMay (K)11.2557
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9975–10.1375/bu+0.20−50–−36¢/BuMay (K)11.2414
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9475–10.1275/bu+0.03−55–−37¢/BuMay (K)11.1136
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2975/bu+0.03−20¢/BuMay (K)11.4725
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.1975–10.5475/bu+0.03−30–+5¢/BuMay (K)11.4278

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4775–4.6175/bu+0.02−31–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.4660
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5175–4.7675/bu+0.02−27–−2¢/BuMay (K)4.5189
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4875–4.8075/bu+0.02−30–+2¢/BuMay (K)4.4857
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4475–4.7075/bu+0.02−34–−8¢/BuMay (K)4.4314
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3175–4.5875/bu+0.01−47–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.3029
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4675–4.5575/bu+0.03−32–−23¢/BuMay (K)4.3486
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7275–4.7575/bu+0.02−6–−3¢/BuMay (K)4.6550
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.