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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Mar 23
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7350–10.8550/bu+0.02−90–−78¢/BuMay (K)9.4555
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7350–11.0550/bu+0.02−90–−58¢/BuMay (K)9.5336
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7350–10.8550/bu+0.02−90–−78¢/BuMay (K)9.4096
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7250–10.9350/bu+0.02−91–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.3982
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6350–10.9350/bu+0.02−100–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.4592
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7850–10.8850/bu+0.02−85–−75¢/BuMay (K)9.4225
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8850/bu+0.02−75¢/BuMay (K)9.6725
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.7850–11.2850/bu+0.02−85–−35¢/BuMay (K)9.7275

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1150–4.1950/bu+0.06−48–−40¢/BuMay (K)4.3670
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0750–4.3650/bu+0.06−52–−23¢/BuMay (K)4.3806
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1150–4.2750/bu+0.06−48–−32¢/BuMay (K)4.4064
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1750–4.3350/bu+0.06−42–−26¢/BuMay (K)4.3364
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9750–4.4150/bu+0.03−62–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.2550
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1450–4.2950/bu+0.06−45–−30¢/BuMay (K)4.3479
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3650–4.4150/bu+0.06−23–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.5100
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.