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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, May 29
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8875–10.0875/bu+0.03−63–−43¢/BuJuly (N)11.5135
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8675–10.0975/bu+0.03−65–−42¢/BuJuly (N)11.6097
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9175–10.1275/bu+0.03−60–−39¢/BuJuly (N)11.4661
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9975–10.2175/bu+0.03−52–−30¢/BuJuly (N)11.5604
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8775–10.0375/bu+0.03−64–−48¢/BuJuly (N)11.6604
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0175–10.1675/bu+0.03−50–−35¢/BuJuly (N)11.5189
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2675/bu+0.03−25¢/BuJuly (N)11.8225
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.1675–10.4675/bu+0.03−35–−5¢/BuJuly (N)11.7075

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1200–4.3200/bu+0.04−35–−15¢/BuJuly (N)4.4335
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1800–4.3400/bu+0.04−29–−13¢/BuJuly (N)4.4608
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1900–4.5400/bu+0.04−28–+7¢/BuJuly (N)4.5232
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1700–4.3700/bu+0.04−30–−10¢/BuJuly (N)4.4075
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9400–4.3500/bu+0.04−53–−12¢/BuJuly (N)4.2432
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2100–4.3200/bu+0.04−26–−15¢/BuJuly (N)4.3704
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4500–4.4900/bu+0.04−2–+2¢/BuJuly (N)4.5675
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.