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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, May 22
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0450–10.2450/bu+0.05−63–−43¢/BuJuly (N)11.8225
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0750–10.2750/bu+0.05−60–−40¢/BuJuly (N)11.8947
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0750–10.2850/bu+0.05−60–−39¢/BuJuly (N)11.7554
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1050–10.3750/bu+0.05−57–−30¢/BuJuly (N)11.8268
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0350–10.1850/bu+0.05−64–−49¢/BuJuly (N)11.9154
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1550–10.3250/bu+0.05−52–−35¢/BuJuly (N)11.8282
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4250/bu+0.05−25¢/BuJuly (N)12.1175
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.3250–10.6250/bu+0.05−35–−5¢/BuJuly (N)11.9875

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2800–4.4800/bu+0.02−35–−15¢/BuJuly (N)4.5830
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3400–4.5000/bu+0.06−29–−13¢/BuJuly (N)4.5978
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3500–4.7000/bu+0.02−28–+7¢/BuJuly (N)4.6414
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2800–4.5000/bu+0.02−35–−13¢/BuJuly (N)4.5071
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1000–4.5100/bu+0.02−53–−12¢/BuJuly (N)4.3829
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3700–4.4800/bu+0.02−26–−15¢/BuJuly (N)4.4929
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6100–4.6300/bu+0.02−2–0¢/BuJuly (N)4.7000
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.