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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Mar 13
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3525–11.4425/bu+0.02−90–−81¢/BuMay (K)9.5000
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3525–11.5525/bu+0.02−90–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.5767
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3525–11.4225/bu+0.02−90–−83¢/BuMay (K)9.4771
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2925–11.5525/bu+0.02−96–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.4571
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2525–11.5525/bu+0.02−100–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.5350
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4025–11.5025/bu+0.02−85–−75¢/BuMay (K)9.4914
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4425/bu+0.02−81¢/BuMay (K)9.7600
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.4025–11.7525/bu+0.02−85–−50¢/BuMay (K)9.7850

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1625–4.2725/bu+0.05−51–−40¢/BuMay (K)4.2850
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1525–4.4325/bu+0.05−52–−24¢/BuMay (K)4.2817
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1925–4.3225/bu+0.05−48–−35¢/BuMay (K)4.2921
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1725–4.3825/bu+0.05−50–−29¢/BuMay (K)4.2193
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0325–4.4925/bu+0.05−64–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.1567
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2225–4.3225/bu+0.05−45–−35¢/BuMay (K)4.2293
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4425–4.4725/bu+0.05−23–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.4200
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.