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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Mar 11
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2400–11.3300/bu+0.12−90–−81¢/BuMay (K)9.3380
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2900–11.4400/bu+0.12−85–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.4283
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2400–11.2900/bu+0.13−90–−85¢/BuMay (K)9.3121
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1800–11.4400/bu+0.12−96–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.2850
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1400–11.4900/bu+0.12−100–−65¢/BuMay (K)9.3650
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2900–11.3400/bu+0.15−85–−80¢/BuMay (K)9.3293
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3300/bu+0.12−81¢/BuMay (K)9.6050
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.2900–11.6400/bu+0.12−85–−50¢/BuMay (K)9.6300

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0925–4.2025/bu+0.08−51–−40¢/BuMay (K)4.2915
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0825–4.3625/bu+0.08−52–−24¢/BuMay (K)4.3131
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1225–4.2525/bu+0.08−48–−35¢/BuMay (K)4.3046
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1025–4.3125/bu+0.08−50–−29¢/BuMay (K)4.2418
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9825–4.4325/bu+0.10−62–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.1808
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1425–4.2525/bu+0.08−46–−35¢/BuMay (K)4.2489
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3725–4.4325/bu+0.13−23–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.4325
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.