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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Apr 29
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8400–10.0275/bu+0.11−57–−50¢/BuMay (K)11.0595
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8600–10.1400/bu+0.09−55–−27¢/BuMay (K)11.1872
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7600–10.0775/bu+0.11−65–−45¢/BuMay (K)10.9450
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7600–10.0775/bu+0.11−65–−45¢/BuMay (K)11.1129
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8600–9.9975/bu+0.11−55–−53¢/BuMay (K)11.1379
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8600–10.1275/bu+0.08−55–−40¢/BuMay (K)11.0079
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2275/bu+0.09−30¢/BuJuly (N)11.3450
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.1100–10.4775/bu+0.11−30–−5¢/BuMay (K)11.3825

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3025–4.5025/bu+0.14−40–−20¢/BuJuly (N)4.4610
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3350–4.5425/bu+0.15−27–−16¢/BuMay (K)4.4592
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2725–4.6725/bu+0.18−43–−3¢/BuJuly (N)4.4586
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2925–4.5825/bu+0.12−41–−12¢/BuJuly (N)4.3904
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1825–4.4350/bu+0.11−52–−17¢/BuJuly (N)4.2957
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3350–4.4525/bu+0.07−27–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.3486
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5750–4.5825/bu+0.13−3–−12¢/BuMay (K)4.5675
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.