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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Mar 2
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6400–10.8500/bu+0.13−86–−79¢/BuMarch (H)9.3790
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6500–10.9400/bu+0.12−85–−70¢/BuMarch (H)9.4113
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7100–10.8900/bu+0.05−93–−75¢/BuMay (K)9.3907
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6500–10.8900/bu+0.10−85–−75¢/BuMarch (H)9.3636
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6400–11.1800/bu+0.01−100–−46¢/BuMay (K)9.4463
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6500–10.8900/bu+0.16−85–−75¢/BuMarch (H)9.3950
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6900/bu+0.20−81¢/BuMarch (H)9.5650
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.7900–11.1400/bu+0.07−85–−50¢/BuMay (K)9.6668

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9225–4.1075/bu+0.08−41–−35¢/BuMarch (H)4.1925
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8825–4.2175/bu+0.14−45–−24¢/BuMarch (H)4.1975
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9975–4.1275/bu+0.01−46–−33¢/BuMay (K)4.2311
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9325–4.2075/bu+0.12−40–−25¢/BuMarch (H)4.1568
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8375–4.3075/bu+0.07−62–−15¢/BuMay (K)4.1242
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9225–4.1075/bu+0.14−41–−35¢/BuMarch (H)4.1325
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0825–4.2875/bu+0.14−25–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.3425
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.