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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Mar 9
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0625–11.1525/bu+0.05−90–−81¢/BuMay (K)9.4560
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1025–11.2625/bu+0.06−86–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.5200
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0325–11.1125/bu+0.05−93–−85¢/BuMay (K)9.4400
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0025–11.2625/bu+0.05−96–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.4171
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9625–11.3125/bu+0.05−100–−65¢/BuMay (K)9.4917
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1125–11.1625/bu+0.05−85–−80¢/BuMay (K)9.4414
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1525/bu+0.05−81¢/BuMay (K)9.6900
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.1125–11.4625/bu+0.05−85–−50¢/BuMay (K)9.7300

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0275–4.1375/bu+0.10−51–−40¢/BuMay (K)4.3930
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0175–4.2775/bu+0.07−52–−26¢/BuMay (K)4.4167
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0575–4.2075/bu+0.05−48–−33¢/BuMay (K)4.4086
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0375–4.2675/bu+0.07−50–−27¢/BuMay (K)4.3429
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8875–4.3675/bu+0.07−65–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.2783
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0775–4.1875/bu+0.07−46–−35¢/BuMay (K)4.3414
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2675–4.3675/bu+0.07−27–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.5400
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.