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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Mar 16
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6525–10.7425/bu+0.70−90–−81¢/BuMay (K)9.5040
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6525–10.8525/bu+0.70−90–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.5739
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6525–10.7225/bu+0.70−90–−83¢/BuMay (K)9.4807
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5925–10.8525/bu+0.70−96–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.4521
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5525–10.8525/bu+0.70−100–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.5283
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7025–10.8025/bu+0.70−85–−75¢/BuMay (K)9.4983
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7425/bu+0.70−81¢/BuMay (K)9.7550
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.7025–11.1525/bu+0.70−85–−40¢/BuMay (K)9.7850

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0300–4.1400/bu+0.13−51–−40¢/BuMay (K)4.3090
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0200–4.3000/bu+0.13−52–−24¢/BuMay (K)4.3167
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0600–4.1900/bu+0.13−48–−35¢/BuMay (K)4.3457
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0400–4.2500/bu+0.13−50–−29¢/BuMay (K)4.2514
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9000–4.3600/bu+0.13−64–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.1883
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0900–4.1900/bu+0.13−45–−35¢/BuMay (K)4.2967
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3100–4.3400/bu+0.13−23–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.4550
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.