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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Mar 19
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7850–10.9050/bu+0.07−90–−78¢/BuMay (K)9.5060
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7850–10.9850/bu+0.07−90–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.5756
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7850–10.8650/bu+0.07−90–−82¢/BuMay (K)9.4643
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7250–10.9850/bu+0.07−96–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.4271
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6850–10.9850/bu+0.07−100–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.5067
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8350–10.9350/bu+0.07−85–−75¢/BuMay (K)9.5129
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9350/bu+0.13−75¢/BuMay (K)9.7300
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.8350–11.2850/bu+0.07−85–−40¢/BuMay (K)9.7750

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1875–4.2975/bu+0.07−51–−40¢/BuMay (K)4.4060
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1775–4.4675/bu+0.07−52–−23¢/BuMay (K)4.4111
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2175–4.3475/bu+0.05−48–−35¢/BuMay (K)4.4357
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2775–4.4075/bu+0.07−42–−29¢/BuMay (K)4.3786
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9475–4.5175/bu+0.05−75–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.2900
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2575–4.3975/bu+0.07−44–−30¢/BuMay (K)4.3886
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4675–4.5175/bu+0.07−23–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.5400
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.