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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Apr 2
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7850–10.9750/bu+0.05−85–−66¢/BuMay (K)9.5470
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8350–11.1050/bu+0.05−80–−53¢/BuMay (K)9.6161
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7850–10.8850/bu+0.05−85–−75¢/BuMay (K)9.5250
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8550–11.0350/bu+0.03−78–−60¢/BuMay (K)9.4764
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6350–11.0250/bu+0.20−100–−61¢/BuMay (K)9.5283
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8550–10.9350/bu+0.02−78–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.5164
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0350/bu+0.03−60¢/BuMay (K)9.8150
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.8850–11.3850/bu+0.05−75–−25¢/BuMay (K)9.8600

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0425–4.1825/bu+0.02−48–−34¢/BuMay (K)4.3420
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0525–4.2625/bu+0.02−47–−26¢/BuMay (K)4.3450
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0825–4.2225/bu+0.01−44–−30¢/BuMay (K)4.3764
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1025–4.3025/bu+0.02−42–−22¢/BuMay (K)4.3007
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9025–4.3725/bu+0.07−62–−15¢/BuMay (K)4.2167
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1025–4.2225/bu+0.02−42–−30¢/BuMay (K)4.3007
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2925–4.3625/bu+0.02−23–−16¢/BuMay (K)4.4750
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.