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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Apr 9
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8025–10.9925/bu+0.03−85–−66¢/BuMay (K)9.7520
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8725–11.1325/bu+0.03−78–−52¢/BuMay (K)9.8333
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8025–10.9325/bu+0.03−85–−72¢/BuMay (K)9.7457
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9225–11.1525/bu+0.03−73–−50¢/BuMay (K)9.6857
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8025–11.0925/bu+0.03−85–−56¢/BuMay (K)9.7233
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8025–10.9725/bu+0.03−85–−68¢/BuMay (K)9.7229
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0525/bu+0.03−60¢/BuMay (K)9.9900
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.9025–11.4025/bu+0.03−75–−25¢/BuMay (K)10.0950

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9900–4.1000/bu+0.03−45–−34¢/BuMay (K)4.6100
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0200–4.1900/bu+0.03−42–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.6100
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0100–4.1700/bu+0.03−43–−27¢/BuMay (K)4.6571
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0400–4.2500/bu+0.03−40–−19¢/BuMay (K)4.5686
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9300–4.2900/bu+0.00−51–−15¢/BuMay (K)4.4800
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0200–4.2000/bu+0.03−42–−24¢/BuMay (K)4.5729
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2400–4.3200/bu+0.03−20–−12¢/BuMay (K)4.7500
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.