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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, May 20
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9000–10.1000/bu+0.02−63–−43¢/BuJuly (N)11.7955
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9300–10.1300/bu+0.02−60–−40¢/BuJuly (N)11.8469
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9300–10.1400/bu+0.02−60–−39¢/BuJuly (N)11.7211
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9600–10.2300/bu+0.03−57–−30¢/BuJuly (N)11.7968
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8900–10.0400/bu+0.02−64–−49¢/BuJuly (N)11.8411
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0100–10.1800/bu+0.02−52–−35¢/BuJuly (N)11.8025
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2800/bu+0.02−25¢/BuJuly (N)12.0875
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.1800–10.4800/bu+0.02−35–−5¢/BuJuly (N)11.9575

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1950–4.3950/bu+0.07−35–−15¢/BuJuly (N)4.5080
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2150–4.4150/bu+0.07−33–−13¢/BuJuly (N)4.4922
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2650–4.6150/bu+0.08−28–+7¢/BuJuly (N)4.5586
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1950–4.4250/bu+0.07−35–−12¢/BuJuly (N)4.4386
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0150–4.4050/bu+0.07−53–−14¢/BuJuly (N)4.3000
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2850–4.3750/bu+0.07−26–−17¢/BuJuly (N)4.4129
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5050–4.5450/bu+0.08−4–0¢/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.