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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, May 5
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8050–9.9550/bu+0.13−65–−50¢/BuJuly (N)11.9365
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8550–10.2250/bu+0.13−60–−23¢/BuJuly (N)12.0108
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8950–10.0050/bu+0.04−56–−45¢/BuJuly (N)11.8361
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8750–10.1050/bu+0.13−58–−35¢/BuJuly (N)11.9089
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8250–9.9650/bu+0.13−63–−49¢/BuJuly (N)12.0789
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9050–10.0550/bu+0.13−55–−40¢/BuJuly (N)11.8918
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2050/bu+0.13−25¢/BuJuly (N)12.2375
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.1050–10.4050/bu+0.13−35–−5¢/BuJuly (N)12.2225

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1625–4.3525/bu+0.15−38–−19¢/BuJuly (N)4.6270
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2125–4.3925/bu+0.15−33–−15¢/BuJuly (N)4.6456
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2125–4.5325/bu+0.15−33–−1¢/BuJuly (N)4.6400
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1525–4.3925/bu+0.15−39–−15¢/BuJuly (N)4.5400
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0125–4.3425/bu+0.15−53–−20¢/BuJuly (N)4.4671
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2225–4.2925/bu+0.12−32–−25¢/BuJuly (N)4.5329
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4625–4.4925/bu+0.15−8–−5¢/BuJuly (N)4.7600
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.