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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, May 16
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8700–10.1000/bu+0.01−63–−40¢/BuJuly (N)11.7150
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9000–10.1000/bu+0.01−60–−40¢/BuJuly (N)11.7756
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9000–10.1100/bu+0.01−60–−39¢/BuJuly (N)11.6257
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9200–10.2000/bu+0.01−58–−30¢/BuJuly (N)11.6971
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8700–9.9700/bu+0.01−63–−53¢/BuJuly (N)11.7557
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9800–10.1500/bu+0.01−52–−35¢/BuJuly (N)11.7229
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2500/bu+0.01−25¢/BuJuly (N)12.0050
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.1500–10.4500/bu+0.01−35–−5¢/BuJuly (N)11.8750

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0850–4.2850/bu+0.05−35–−15¢/BuJuly (N)4.4400
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1050–4.3050/bu+0.05−33–−13¢/BuJuly (N)4.4350
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1450–4.4750/bu+0.05−29–+4¢/BuJuly (N)4.4850
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0850–4.3150/bu+0.05−35–−12¢/BuJuly (N)4.3693
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9050–4.2650/bu+0.05−53–−17¢/BuJuly (N)4.2421
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1750–4.2550/bu+0.03−26–−18¢/BuJuly (N)4.3721
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3850–4.4150/bu+0.05−5–−2¢/BuJuly (N)4.5850
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.