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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Mar 25
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8175–11.0075/bu+0.17−90–−71¢/BuMay (K)9.3930
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8175–11.1875/bu+0.17−90–−53¢/BuMay (K)9.4711
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8175–10.9375/bu+0.17−90–−78¢/BuMay (K)9.3471
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8075–11.0175/bu+0.17−91–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.3357
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7175–11.0775/bu+0.17−100–−64¢/BuMay (K)9.3967
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8675–10.9675/bu+0.17−85–−75¢/BuMay (K)9.3600
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0175/bu+0.22−70¢/BuMay (K)9.6100
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.8675–11.4675/bu+0.17−85–−25¢/BuMay (K)9.6650

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1925–4.2725/bu+0.05−48–−40¢/BuMay (K)4.2345
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1525–4.4425/bu+0.05−52–−23¢/BuMay (K)4.2481
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1925–4.3525/bu+0.05−48–−32¢/BuMay (K)4.2739
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2525–4.4125/bu+0.05−42–−26¢/BuMay (K)4.2039
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0525–4.4925/bu+0.05−62–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.1225
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2325–4.3725/bu+0.06−44–−30¢/BuMay (K)4.2154
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4425–4.5125/bu+0.05−23–−16¢/BuMay (K)4.3775
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.