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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, May 28
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8550–10.0550/bu+0.14−63–−43¢/BuJuly (N)11.5580
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8350–10.0650/bu+0.19−65–−42¢/BuJuly (N)11.6467
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8850–10.0950/bu+0.14−60–−39¢/BuJuly (N)11.5029
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9650–10.1850/bu+0.14−52–−30¢/BuJuly (N)11.5886
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8450–9.9950/bu+0.14−64–−49¢/BuJuly (N)11.6900
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9850–10.1350/bu+0.12−50–−35¢/BuJuly (N)11.5643
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2350/bu+0.14−25¢/BuJuly (N)11.8650
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.1350–10.4350/bu+0.14−35–−5¢/BuJuly (N)11.7500

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1600–4.3600/bu+0.09−35–−15¢/BuJuly (N)4.5045
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2200–4.3800/bu+0.09−29–−13¢/BuJuly (N)4.5236
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2300–4.5800/bu+0.09−28–+7¢/BuJuly (N)4.5711
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2100–4.4100/bu+0.09−30–−10¢/BuJuly (N)4.4796
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9800–4.3900/bu+0.09−53–−12¢/BuJuly (N)4.2982
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2500–4.3600/bu+0.10−26–−15¢/BuJuly (N)4.4211
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4900–4.5100/bu+0.09−2–0¢/BuJuly (N)4.6325
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.