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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, May 2
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9300–10.0800/bu+0.11−65–−50¢/BuJuly (N)11.6100
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9800–10.3500/bu+0.13−60–−23¢/BuJuly (N)11.7122
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9300–10.1300/bu+0.08−65–−45¢/BuJuly (N)11.5129
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0000–10.2300/bu+0.16−58–−35¢/BuJuly (N)11.6043
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9500–10.1100/bu+0.08−63–−47¢/BuJuly (N)11.7543
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0300–10.1800/bu+0.11−55–−40¢/BuJuly (N)11.5743
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3300/bu+0.13−25¢/BuJuly (N)11.8750
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.2300–10.5300/bu+0.08−35–−5¢/BuJuly (N)11.8800

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3100–4.4900/bu+0.04−38–−20¢/BuJuly (N)4.5555
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3600–4.5400/bu+0.01−33–−15¢/BuJuly (N)4.5703
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3600–4.6200/bu+0.03−33–−7¢/BuJuly (N)4.5725
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3000–4.5400/bu+0.02−39–−15¢/BuJuly (N)4.4625
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1600–4.4900/bu+0.03−53–−20¢/BuJuly (N)4.4011
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3400–4.4400/bu+0.03−35–−25¢/BuJuly (N)4.4668
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6100/bu+0.03−8¢/BuJuly (N)4.6825
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.