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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Mar 4
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7950–10.9050/bu+0.01−90–−79¢/BuMay (K)9.4242
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8450–10.9950/bu+0.01−85–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.4742
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7950–10.9450/bu+0.01−90–−75¢/BuMay (K)9.4175
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7350–11.0450/bu+0.01−96–−65¢/BuMay (K)9.3775
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6950–11.1150/bu+0.01−100–−58¢/BuMay (K)9.4508
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7950–10.9450/bu+0.01−90–−75¢/BuMay (K)9.3932
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8850/bu+0.01−81¢/BuMay (K)9.6175
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.8450–11.2450/bu+0.01−85–−45¢/BuMay (K)9.6825

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9775–4.0875/bu+0.03−46–−35¢/BuMay (K)4.2219
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9875–4.1975/bu+0.03−45–−24¢/BuMay (K)4.2081
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9775–4.1275/bu+0.03−46–−31¢/BuMay (K)4.2389
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0375–4.1675/bu+0.09−40–−27¢/BuMay (K)4.1575
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7875–4.2875/bu+0.04−65–−15¢/BuMay (K)4.0808
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0175–4.1575/bu+0.03−42–−28¢/BuMay (K)4.1489
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1875–4.2675/bu+0.03−25–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.3475
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.