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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Apr 6
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8175–11.0075/bu+0.03−85–−66¢/BuMay (K)9.2640
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8875–11.1375/bu+0.05−78–−53¢/BuMay (K)9.3344
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8175–10.9375/bu+0.03−85–−73¢/BuMay (K)9.2443
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8875–11.1175/bu+0.03−78–−55¢/BuMay (K)9.1914
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6675–11.0675/bu+0.03−100–−60¢/BuMay (K)9.2150
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9075–10.9675/bu+0.05−76–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.2386
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0675/bu+0.03−60¢/BuMay (K)9.5300
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.9175–11.4175/bu+0.03−75–−25¢/BuMay (K)9.5800

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0800–4.2000/bu+0.04−46–−34¢/BuMay (K)4.4130
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0700–4.2800/bu+0.02−47–−26¢/BuMay (K)4.4239
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1000–4.2700/bu+0.02−44–−27¢/BuMay (K)4.4507
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1200–4.3200/bu+0.02−42–−22¢/BuMay (K)4.3721
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9200–4.3900/bu+0.02−62–−15¢/BuMay (K)4.2933
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1200–4.3000/bu+0.02−42–−24¢/BuMay (K)4.3707
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3100–4.4000/bu+0.02−23–−14¢/BuMay (K)4.5550
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.