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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Apr 28
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9500–10.0700/bu+0.02−57–−45¢/BuMay (K)11.2275
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9500–10.2500/bu+0.02−57–−27¢/BuMay (K)11.3261
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8700–10.0700/bu+0.02−65–−45¢/BuMay (K)11.1182
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8700–10.0700/bu+0.02−65–−45¢/BuMay (K)11.2968
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9700–10.1400/bu+0.03−55–−38¢/BuMay (K)11.2518
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9400–10.1500/bu+0.01−58–−37¢/BuMay (K)11.1882
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3200/bu+0.02−20¢/BuMay (K)11.5350
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.2200–10.5200/bu+0.02−30–0¢/BuMay (K)11.4438

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4450–4.5850/bu+0.03−31–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.4625
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4850–4.7350/bu+0.03−27–−2¢/BuMay (K)4.4781
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4550–4.7250/bu+0.03−30–−3¢/BuMay (K)4.4782
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4150–4.6750/bu+0.03−34–−8¢/BuMay (K)4.4082
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2950–4.5550/bu+0.02−46–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.3011
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4050–4.5350/bu+0.06−35–−22¢/BuMay (K)4.3582
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7050–4.7250/bu+0.02−5–−3¢/BuMay (K)4.5925
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.