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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Mar 5
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8925–11.0025/bu+0.10−90–−79¢/BuMay (K)9.5885
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9425–11.0925/bu+0.10−85–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.6558
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8925–11.0425/bu+0.10−90–−75¢/BuMay (K)9.5725
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8325–11.0925/bu+0.10−96–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.5354
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7925–11.2125/bu+0.10−100–−58¢/BuMay (K)9.6158
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9425–11.0425/bu+0.15−85–−75¢/BuMay (K)9.5611
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9825/bu+0.10−81¢/BuMay (K)9.7725
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.9425–11.3425/bu+0.10−85–−45¢/BuMay (K)9.8425

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0750–4.1850/bu+0.10−46–−35¢/BuMay (K)4.3030
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0850–4.2950/bu+0.10−45–−24¢/BuMay (K)4.3233
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0750–4.2250/bu+0.10−46–−31¢/BuMay (K)4.3214
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1050–4.2650/bu+0.07−43–−27¢/BuMay (K)4.2429
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8850–4.3750/bu+0.10−65–−16¢/BuMay (K)4.1667
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1150–4.1950/bu+0.10−42–−34¢/BuMay (K)4.2471
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2850–4.3650/bu+0.10−25–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.4400
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.