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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Mar 20
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7125–10.8325/bu+0.07−90–−78¢/BuMay (K)9.4755
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7125–10.9925/bu+0.07−90–−62¢/BuMay (K)9.5586
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7125–10.7925/bu+0.07−90–−82¢/BuMay (K)9.4346
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7025–10.9125/bu+0.02−91–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.3946
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6125–10.9125/bu+0.07−100–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.4742
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7625–10.8625/bu+0.07−85–−75¢/BuMay (K)9.4875
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8625/bu+0.07−75¢/BuMay (K)9.6975
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.7625–11.2625/bu+0.07−85–−35¢/BuMay (K)9.7425

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1750–4.2550/bu+0.01−48–−40¢/BuMay (K)4.3635
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1350–4.4250/bu+0.04−52–−23¢/BuMay (K)4.3747
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1750–4.3350/bu+0.04−48–−32¢/BuMay (K)4.3954
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2350–4.3650/bu+0.04−42–−29¢/BuMay (K)4.3339
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0050–4.4750/bu+0.06−65–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.2342
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2050–4.3550/bu+0.05−45–−30¢/BuMay (K)4.3411
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4250–4.4750/bu+0.04−23–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.4925
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.