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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Feb 27
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7725–10.9175/bu+0.10−80–−79¢/BuMarch (H)9.5108
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7725–10.9575/bu+0.10−80–−75¢/BuMarch (H)9.5403
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7575–10.9075/bu+0.07−95–−80¢/BuMay (K)9.5143
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7475–10.9575/bu+0.17−96–−75¢/BuMay (K)9.4596
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6475–11.0475/bu+0.07−106–−66¢/BuMay (K)9.5542
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8075–10.9275/bu+0.08−90–−78¢/BuMay (K)9.5382
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8925/bu+0.10−68¢/BuMarch (H)9.6850
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.8575–11.2225/bu+0.07−85–−35¢/BuMay (K)9.7748

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0050–4.1350/bu+0.05−48–−35¢/BuMay (K)4.3050
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0175–4.2450/bu+0.05−37–−24¢/BuMarch (H)4.3383
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0050–4.1750/bu+0.03−48–−31¢/BuMay (K)4.3250
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0475–4.2350/bu+0.06−34–−25¢/BuMarch (H)4.2221
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7650–4.3250/bu+0.05−72–−16¢/BuMay (K)4.1067
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0650–4.2050/bu+0.13−42–−28¢/BuMay (K)4.2421
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2175–4.3150/bu+0.06−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.4550
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.