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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Feb 26
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6775–10.8150/bu+0.01−80–−82¢/BuMarch (H)9.6045
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6775–10.8850/bu+0.01−80–−75¢/BuMarch (H)9.6353
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6850–10.8350/bu+0.05−95–−80¢/BuMay (K)9.6111
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5775–10.8275/bu+0.01−90–−65¢/BuMarch (H)9.5689
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5750–10.9575/bu+0.02−106–−52¢/BuMay (K)9.5542
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7275–10.8550/bu+0.05−75–−78¢/BuMarch (H)9.6004
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7975/bu+0.01−68¢/BuMarch (H)9.7975
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.7850–11.1275/bu+0.05−85–−35¢/BuMay (K)9.8890

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9550–4.0925/bu+0.05−48–−24¢/BuMay (K)4.4030
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9650–4.1950/bu+0.01−47–−24¢/BuMay (K)4.4361
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9725–4.1250/bu+0.03−36–−31¢/BuMarch (H)4.3886
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9925–4.1625/bu+0.03−34–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.3136
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7150–4.2750/bu+0.02−72–−16¢/BuMay (K)4.2408
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9325–4.1550/bu+0.03−40–−28¢/BuMarch (H)4.2939
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1625–4.2625/bu+0.03−17–−7¢/BuMarch (H)4.5475
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.