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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, May 15
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8825–10.1125/bu+0.27−63–−40¢/BuJuly (N)11.5975
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9125–10.3325/bu+0.28−60–−18¢/BuJuly (N)11.6547
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9125–10.1225/bu+0.27−60–−39¢/BuJuly (N)11.5082
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9325–10.2125/bu+0.27−58–−30¢/BuJuly (N)11.5868
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8825–10.2625/bu+0.27−63–−25¢/BuJuly (N)11.6339
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9925–10.1625/bu+0.27−52–−35¢/BuJuly (N)11.6054
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2625/bu+0.27−25¢/BuJuly (N)11.8875
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.1625–10.4625/bu+0.27−35–−5¢/BuJuly (N)11.7575

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1350–4.3350/bu+0.03−35–−15¢/BuJuly (N)4.4850
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1550–4.3550/bu+0.03−33–−13¢/BuJuly (N)4.4778
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1950–4.5250/bu+0.03−29–+4¢/BuJuly (N)4.5300
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1350–4.3650/bu+0.03−35–−12¢/BuJuly (N)4.4286
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9550–4.3150/bu+0.03−53–−17¢/BuJuly (N)4.3057
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2050–4.3050/bu+0.03−28–−18¢/BuJuly (N)4.4171
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4350–4.4650/bu+0.03−5–−2¢/BuJuly (N)4.6300
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.