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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, May 7
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7425–9.9225/bu+0.02−65–−47¢/BuJuly (N)11.7225
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7925–10.1325/bu+0.02−60–−26¢/BuJuly (N)11.7753
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7425–9.9725/bu+0.11−65–−42¢/BuJuly (N)11.6304
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8125–10.1925/bu+0.02−58–−20¢/BuJuly (N)11.6761
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7625–9.9025/bu+0.02−63–−49¢/BuJuly (N)11.8204
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8925–10.0425/bu+0.02−50–−35¢/BuJuly (N)11.6932
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1425/bu+0.02−25¢/BuJuly (N)12.0025
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.0425–10.3425/bu+0.02−35–−5¢/BuJuly (N)11.8925

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1425–4.3225/bu+0.03−35–−17¢/BuJuly (N)4.5070
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1625–4.3725/bu+0.06−33–−12¢/BuJuly (N)4.5272
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1625–4.5025/bu+0.06−33–+1¢/BuJuly (N)4.5164
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1125–4.3725/bu+0.06−38–−12¢/BuJuly (N)4.4307
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9625–4.2925/bu+0.06−53–−20¢/BuJuly (N)4.3450
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1925–4.2625/bu+0.06−30–−23¢/BuJuly (N)4.4321
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4125–4.4725/bu+0.06−8–−2¢/BuJuly (N)4.6550
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.