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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, May 6
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7625–9.9125/bu+0.04−65–−50¢/BuJuly (N)11.9140
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8125–10.1525/bu+0.04−60–−26¢/BuJuly (N)11.9817
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8525–9.9625/bu+0.04−56–−45¢/BuJuly (N)11.8136
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8325–10.2125/bu+0.04−58–−20¢/BuJuly (N)11.8707
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7825–9.9225/bu+0.04−63–−49¢/BuJuly (N)12.0550
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9125–10.0125/bu+0.01−50–−40¢/BuJuly (N)11.8807
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1625/bu+0.04−25¢/BuJuly (N)12.2150
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.0625–10.3625/bu+0.04−35–−5¢/BuJuly (N)12.0950

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1750–4.3650/bu+0.01−38–−19¢/BuJuly (N)4.6040
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2250–4.4350/bu+0.01−33–−12¢/BuJuly (N)4.6200
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2250–4.5650/bu+0.01−33–+1¢/BuJuly (N)4.6143
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1750–4.4050/bu+0.02−38–−15¢/BuJuly (N)4.5200
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0250–4.3550/bu+0.01−53–−20¢/BuJuly (N)4.4443
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2550–4.3050/bu+0.03−30–−25¢/BuJuly (N)4.5186
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4750–4.5050/bu+0.01−8–−5¢/BuJuly (N)4.7400
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.