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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Feb 24
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5950–10.7325/bu+0.05−80–−82¢/BuMarch (H)9.7030
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5950–10.7950/bu+0.05−80–−60¢/BuMarch (H)9.7153
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5450–10.7250/bu+0.05−85–−67¢/BuMarch (H)9.7089
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4950–10.7450/bu+0.05−90–−65¢/BuMarch (H)9.6339
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4925–10.8550/bu+0.05−106–−54¢/BuMay (K)9.6458
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5950–10.7450/bu+0.05−80–−65¢/BuMarch (H)9.6925
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7150/bu+0.05−68¢/BuMarch (H)9.8825
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.6450–11.0450/bu+0.05−75–−35¢/BuMarch (H)9.9775

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8775–4.0375/bu+0.04−40–−24¢/BuMarch (H)4.5200
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9275–4.0375/bu+0.02−35–−24¢/BuMarch (H)4.5331
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9175–4.0675/bu+0.01−36–−21¢/BuMarch (H)4.5275
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9675–4.1075/bu+0.00−31–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.4318
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6650–4.1975/bu+0.01−72–−8¢/BuMay (K)4.3875
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8775–4.0775/bu+0.00−40–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.4296
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1075–4.2075/bu+0.00−17–−7¢/BuMarch (H)4.6975
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.