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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Mar 30
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6975–10.8875/bu+0.01−90–−71¢/BuMay (K)9.5525
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6975–11.0675/bu+0.01−90–−53¢/BuMay (K)9.6197
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6975–10.8175/bu+0.01−90–−78¢/BuMay (K)9.5232
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7975–10.9975/bu+0.07−80–−60¢/BuMay (K)9.5004
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5975–10.9575/bu+0.01−100–−64¢/BuMay (K)9.5175
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7775–10.8975/bu+0.04−82–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.5275
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8975/bu+0.01−70¢/BuMay (K)9.7075
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.7475–11.3475/bu+0.01−85–−25¢/BuMay (K)9.8725

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0775–4.1575/bu+0.06−48–−40¢/BuMay (K)4.3305
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0375–4.2975/bu+0.06−52–−26¢/BuMay (K)4.3325
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0975–4.2375/bu+0.06−46–−32¢/BuMay (K)4.3625
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1375–4.2975/bu+0.06−42–−26¢/BuMay (K)4.2825
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9375–4.3775/bu+0.06−62–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.2058
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1175–4.2575/bu+0.05−44–−30¢/BuMay (K)4.2868
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3275–4.3775/bu+0.06−23–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.4625
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.