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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Mar 17
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6700–10.7600/bu+0.02−90–−81¢/BuMay (K)9.4895
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6700–10.8700/bu+0.02−90–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.5597
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6700–10.7500/bu+0.02−90–−82¢/BuMay (K)9.4575
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6100–10.8700/bu+0.02−96–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.4246
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5700–10.8700/bu+0.02−100–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.5042
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7200–10.8200/bu+0.02−85–−75¢/BuMay (K)9.4646
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7600/bu+0.02−81¢/BuMay (K)9.7275
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.7200–11.1700/bu+0.02−85–−40¢/BuMay (K)9.7675

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0300–4.1300/bu—−51–−41¢/BuMay (K)4.2925
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0200–4.3000/bu—−52–−24¢/BuMay (K)4.3042
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0600–4.1900/bu—−48–−35¢/BuMay (K)4.3232
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1200–4.2500/bu+0.08−42–−29¢/BuMay (K)4.2475
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9000–4.3600/bu—−64–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.1758
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0900–4.2400/bu—−45–−30¢/BuMay (K)4.2689
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3100–4.3600/bu—−23–−18¢/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.