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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, May 9
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8675–10.0475/bu+0.07−65–−47¢/BuJuly (N)11.6300
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9175–10.2675/bu+0.07−60–−25¢/BuJuly (N)11.6822
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9175–10.0975/bu+0.12−60–−42¢/BuJuly (N)11.5243
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9375–10.2175/bu+0.07−58–−30¢/BuJuly (N)11.6000
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8875–10.0275/bu+0.07−63–−49¢/BuJuly (N)11.7000
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0175–10.1675/bu+0.07−50–−35¢/BuJuly (N)11.6043
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2675/bu+0.07−25¢/BuJuly (N)11.9150
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.1675–10.4675/bu+0.07−35–−5¢/BuJuly (N)11.7950

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1475–4.3275/bu+0.02−35–−17¢/BuJuly (N)4.6175
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1675–4.3475/bu+0.02−33–−15¢/BuJuly (N)4.6197
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2075–4.5375/bu+0.02−29–+4¢/BuJuly (N)4.6404
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1275–4.3775/bu+0.02−37–−12¢/BuJuly (N)4.5504
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9675–4.2975/bu+0.02−53–−20¢/BuJuly (N)4.4546
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1975–4.2975/bu+0.02−30–−20¢/BuJuly (N)4.5418
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4175–4.4775/bu+0.02−8–−2¢/BuJuly (N)4.7575
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.