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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Mar 6
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1075–11.1975/bu+0.22−90–−81¢/BuMay (K)9.5660
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1575–11.3575/bu+0.22−85–−65¢/BuMay (K)9.6356
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0775–11.1575/bu+0.19−93–−85¢/BuMay (K)9.5500
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0475–11.3075/bu+0.22−96–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.5200
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0075–11.3975/bu+0.22−100–−61¢/BuMay (K)9.5933
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1575–11.2575/bu+0.22−85–−75¢/BuMay (K)9.5443
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1975/bu+0.22−81¢/BuMay (K)9.8000
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.1575–11.5575/bu+0.22−85–−45¢/BuMay (K)9.8250

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1250–4.2050/bu+0.05−48–−40¢/BuMay (K)4.3655
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0850–4.3450/bu—−52–−26¢/BuMay (K)4.3825
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1050–4.2950/bu+0.03−50–−31¢/BuMay (K)4.3768
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1050–4.3350/bu—−50–−27¢/BuMay (K)4.2954
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9550–4.4350/bu+0.07−65–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.2475
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1450–4.2550/bu+0.03−46–−35¢/BuMay (K)4.3068
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3350–4.4350/bu+0.05−27–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.5125
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.