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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, May 8
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8000–9.9800/bu+0.06−65–−47¢/BuJuly (N)11.5200
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8500–10.2100/bu+0.06−60–−24¢/BuJuly (N)11.5828
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8000–10.0300/bu+0.06−65–−42¢/BuJuly (N)11.4193
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8700–10.1500/bu+0.06−58–−30¢/BuJuly (N)11.4836
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8200–9.9600/bu+0.06−63–−49¢/BuJuly (N)11.5993
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9500–10.1000/bu+0.06−50–−35¢/BuJuly (N)11.5007
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2000/bu+0.06−25¢/BuJuly (N)11.8100
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.1000–10.4000/bu+0.06−35–−5¢/BuJuly (N)11.7000

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1250–4.3050/bu+0.02−35–−17¢/BuJuly (N)4.4850
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1450–4.3650/bu+0.02−33–−11¢/BuJuly (N)4.5072
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1850–4.5150/bu+0.02−29–+4¢/BuJuly (N)4.5036
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1050–4.3550/bu+0.01−37–−12¢/BuJuly (N)4.4150
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9450–4.2750/bu+0.02−53–−20¢/BuJuly (N)4.3207
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1750–4.2750/bu+0.02−30–−20¢/BuJuly (N)4.4121
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3950–4.4550/bu+0.02−8–−2¢/BuJuly (N)4.6250
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.