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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Jun 5
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1150–4.4550/bu+0.01−28–+6¢/BuJuly (N)4.6157
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1450–4.2950/bu+0.01−25–−10¢/BuJuly (N)4.5100
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9150–4.2750/bu+0.01−48–−12¢/BuJuly (N)4.3343
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1250–4.2450/bu+0.01−27–−15¢/BuJuly (N)4.4457
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3750–4.4150/bu+0.01−2–+2¢/BuJuly (N)4.6400
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0950–4.2650/bu+0.01−30–−13¢/BuJuly (N)4.5422
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1150–4.2950/bu+0.01−28–−10¢/BuJuly (N)4.5278

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8875–10.1175/bu+0.07−63–−40¢/BuJuly (N)11.4278
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8675–10.0875/bu+0.07−65–−43¢/BuJuly (N)11.5367
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9175–10.1275/bu+0.07−60–−39¢/BuJuly (N)11.3743
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0175–10.2175/bu+0.07−50–−30¢/BuJuly (N)11.4743
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9275–10.1375/bu+0.07−59–−38¢/BuJuly (N)11.5886
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0175–10.1675/bu+0.07−50–−35¢/BuJuly (N)11.4400
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2675/bu+0.07−25¢/BuJuly (N)11.7750
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.1675–10.4175/bu+0.07−35–−10¢/BuJuly (N)11.6650
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.