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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Mar 27
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6925–10.8825/bu+0.15−90–−71¢/BuMay (K)9.6350
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6925–11.0725/bu+0.15−90–−52¢/BuMay (K)9.7022
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6925–10.8125/bu+0.15−90–−78¢/BuMay (K)9.6057
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7325–10.9925/bu+0.15−86–−60¢/BuMay (K)9.5743
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5925–10.9525/bu+0.15−100–−64¢/BuMay (K)9.5960
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7425–10.8925/bu+0.15−85–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.6043
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8925/bu+0.15−70¢/BuMay (K)9.8300
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.7425–11.3425/bu+0.15−85–−25¢/BuMay (K)9.9570

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1400–4.2200/bu+0.05−48–−40¢/BuMay (K)4.2895
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1000–4.3800/bu+0.05−52–−24¢/BuMay (K)4.2836
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1600–4.3000/bu+0.05−46–−32¢/BuMay (K)4.3225
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2000–4.3600/bu+0.05−42–−26¢/BuMay (K)4.2425
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0000–4.4400/bu+0.05−62–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.1845
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1700–4.3200/bu+0.05−45–−30¢/BuMay (K)4.2468
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3900–4.4400/bu+0.05−23–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.4225
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.