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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Mar 26
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8375–11.0175/bu+0.02−90–−72¢/BuMay (K)9.5725
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8375–11.2075/bu+0.02−90–−53¢/BuMay (K)9.6364
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8375–10.9575/bu+0.02−90–−78¢/BuMay (K)9.5318
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8775–11.1375/bu+0.07−86–−60¢/BuMay (K)9.5075
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7375–11.0975/bu+0.02−100–−64¢/BuMay (K)9.5608
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8875–10.9875/bu+0.02−85–−75¢/BuMay (K)9.5389
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0375/bu+0.02−70¢/BuMay (K)9.7675
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.8875–11.4875/bu+0.02−85–−25¢/BuMay (K)9.8875

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1900–4.2700/bu+0.00−48–−40¢/BuMay (K)4.2530
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1500–4.4300/bu+0.00−52–−24¢/BuMay (K)4.2478
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2100–4.3500/bu+0.02−46–−32¢/BuMay (K)4.2771
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2500–4.4100/bu+0.00−42–−26¢/BuMay (K)4.2100
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0500–4.4900/bu+0.00−62–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.1267
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2200–4.3700/bu+0.01−45–−30¢/BuMay (K)4.2143
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4400–4.5300/bu+0.00−23–−14¢/BuMay (K)4.3800
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.