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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, May 12
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0825–10.2425/bu+0.22−63–−47¢/BuJuly (N)11.6250
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1125–10.4625/bu+0.20−60–−25¢/BuJuly (N)11.6872
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1125–10.2925/bu+0.20−60–−42¢/BuJuly (N)11.5307
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1325–10.4125/bu+0.20−58–−30¢/BuJuly (N)11.6050
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0825–10.2225/bu+0.20−63–−49¢/BuJuly (N)11.6807
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2125–10.3625/bu+0.20−50–−35¢/BuJuly (N)11.6036
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4625/bu+0.20−25¢/BuJuly (N)11.9200
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.3625–10.6625/bu+0.20−35–−5¢/BuJuly (N)11.7900

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1300–4.3100/bu+0.02−35–−17¢/BuJuly (N)4.6370
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1500–4.3300/bu+0.02−33–−15¢/BuJuly (N)4.6428
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1900–4.5200/bu+0.02−29–+4¢/BuJuly (N)4.6750
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1100–4.3600/bu+0.02−37–−12¢/BuJuly (N)4.5779
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9500–4.2800/bu+0.02−53–−20¢/BuJuly (N)4.4807
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1800–4.2800/bu+0.02−30–−20¢/BuJuly (N)4.5693
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4000–4.4600/bu+0.02−8–−2¢/BuJuly (N)4.7850
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.