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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Mar 18
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7175–10.8175/bu+0.05−90–−80¢/BuMay (K)9.4535
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7175–10.9675/bu+0.05−90–−65¢/BuMay (K)9.5258
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7175–10.7975/bu+0.05−90–−82¢/BuMay (K)9.4168
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6575–10.9175/bu+0.05−96–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.3796
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6175–10.9175/bu+0.05−100–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.4592
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7675–10.8675/bu+0.05−85–−75¢/BuMay (K)9.4654
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8075/bu+0.05−81¢/BuMay (K)9.6825
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.7675–11.2175/bu+0.05−85–−40¢/BuMay (K)9.7225

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1225–4.2225/bu+0.09−51–−41¢/BuMay (K)4.3340
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1125–4.3925/bu+0.09−52–−24¢/BuMay (K)4.3433
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1725–4.2825/bu+0.11−46–−35¢/BuMay (K)4.3643
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2125–4.3425/bu+0.09−42–−29¢/BuMay (K)4.3086
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9925–4.4525/bu+0.09−64–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.2150
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1925–4.3325/bu+0.10−44–−30¢/BuMay (K)4.3186
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4025–4.4525/bu+0.09−23–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.4700
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.