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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Mar 3
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8050–10.9150/bu+0.17−90–−79¢/BuMay (K)9.2850
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8550–11.0050/bu+0.21−85–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.3700
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8050–10.9550/bu+0.10−90–−75¢/BuMay (K)9.2800
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7450–11.0550/bu+0.10−96–−65¢/BuMay (K)9.2371
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7050–11.1050/bu+0.07−100–−60¢/BuMay (K)9.2950
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8050–10.9550/bu+0.16−90–−75¢/BuMay (K)9.2571
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8950/bu+0.21−81¢/BuMay (K)9.4400
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.8550–11.2550/bu+0.07−85–−45¢/BuMay (K)9.5450

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0050–4.1150/bu+0.08−46–−35¢/BuMay (K)4.1630
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0150–4.2250/bu+0.13−45–−24¢/BuMay (K)4.1950
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0050–4.1550/bu+0.01−46–−31¢/BuMay (K)4.1936
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9525–4.1950/bu+0.02−39–−27¢/BuMarch (H)4.1093
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8250–4.3150/bu+0.01−64–−15¢/BuMay (K)4.0367
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0450–4.1850/bu+0.12−42–−28¢/BuMay (K)4.0957
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2150–4.2950/bu+0.13−25–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.2950
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.