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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Mar 24
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6500–10.8400/bu+0.09−90–−71¢/BuMay (K)9.4065
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6500–10.9700/bu+0.09−90–−58¢/BuMay (K)9.4875
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6500–10.7700/bu+0.09−90–−78¢/BuMay (K)9.3546
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6400–10.8500/bu+0.09−91–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.3432
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5500–10.9100/bu+0.09−100–−64¢/BuMay (K)9.4025
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7000–10.8000/bu+0.09−85–−75¢/BuMay (K)9.3661
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8000/bu+0.09−75¢/BuMay (K)9.6175
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.7000–11.3000/bu+0.09−85–−25¢/BuMay (K)9.7025

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1450–4.2250/bu+0.03−48–−40¢/BuMay (K)4.3095
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1050–4.3950/bu+0.03−52–−23¢/BuMay (K)4.3197
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1450–4.3050/bu+0.03−48–−32¢/BuMay (K)4.3432
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2050–4.3650/bu+0.03−42–−26¢/BuMay (K)4.2675
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0050–4.4450/bu+0.03−62–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.1942
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1750–4.3250/bu+0.03−45–−30¢/BuMay (K)4.2804
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3950–4.4450/bu+0.03−23–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.4575
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.