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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Apr 8
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7700–10.9600/bu+0.04−85–−66¢/BuMay (K)9.6155
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8400–11.1000/bu+0.04−78–−52¢/BuMay (K)9.6642
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7700–10.8900/bu+0.04−85–−73¢/BuMay (K)9.5832
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8900–11.0700/bu+0.09−73–−55¢/BuMay (K)9.5004
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7700–11.0500/bu+0.19−85–−57¢/BuMay (K)9.5525
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7700–10.9200/bu+0.04−85–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.5658
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0200/bu+0.04−60¢/BuMay (K)9.8275
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.8700–11.3700/bu+0.04−75–−25¢/BuMay (K)9.8925

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0225–4.1325/bu+0.02−45–−34¢/BuMay (K)4.5170
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0525–4.2225/bu+0.02−42–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.5178
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0425–4.2025/bu+0.01−43–−27¢/BuMay (K)4.5629
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0725–4.2825/bu+0.02−40–−19¢/BuMay (K)4.4786
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9325–4.3225/bu+0.06−54–−15¢/BuMay (K)4.3900
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0525–4.2325/bu+0.02−42–−24¢/BuMay (K)4.4917
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2725–4.3525/bu+0.02−20–−12¢/BuMay (K)4.6600
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.