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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Mar 31
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8100–10.9900/bu+0.11−90–−72¢/BuMay (K)9.7645
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8100–11.1900/bu+0.11−90–−52¢/BuMay (K)9.8469
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8100–10.9600/bu+0.11−90–−75¢/BuMay (K)9.7396
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9100–11.1100/bu+0.11−80–−60¢/BuMay (K)9.7039
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7100–11.0700/bu+0.11−100–−64¢/BuMay (K)9.7642
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8600–11.0100/bu+0.08−85–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.7268
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0100/bu+0.11−70¢/BuMay (K)9.9925
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.8600–11.4600/bu+0.11−85–−25¢/BuMay (K)10.0825

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0975–4.1775/bu+0.02−48–−40¢/BuMay (K)4.3785
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1075–4.3175/bu+0.07−47–−26¢/BuMay (K)4.3753
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1175–4.2775/bu+0.02−46–−30¢/BuMay (K)4.4132
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1375–4.3175/bu—−44–−26¢/BuMay (K)4.3375
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9575–4.3975/bu+0.02−62–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.2525
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1275–4.2775/bu+0.01−45–−30¢/BuMay (K)4.3346
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3475–4.3975/bu+0.02−23–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.5175
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.