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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Apr 7
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7325–10.9225/bu+0.09−85–−66¢/BuMay (K)9.3595
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8025–11.0625/bu+0.09−78–−52¢/BuMay (K)9.4364
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7325–10.8525/bu+0.09−85–−73¢/BuMay (K)9.3589
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8025–11.0325/bu+0.09−78–−55¢/BuMay (K)9.2932
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5825–10.8825/bu+0.09−100–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.3325
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7325–10.8825/bu+0.18−85–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.3389
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9825/bu+0.09−60¢/BuMay (K)9.6275
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.8325–11.3325/bu+0.09−75–−25¢/BuMay (K)9.6975

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0400–4.1500/bu+0.04−45–−34¢/BuMay (K)4.4660
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0700–4.2400/bu—−42–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.4678
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0500–4.2200/bu+0.05−44–−27¢/BuMay (K)4.5129
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0900–4.2700/bu+0.03−40–−22¢/BuMay (K)4.4257
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8700–4.3400/bu+0.05−62–−15¢/BuMay (K)4.3433
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0700–4.2500/bu+0.05−42–−24¢/BuMay (K)4.4214
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2900–4.3500/bu+0.02−20–−14¢/BuMay (K)4.6000
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.