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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Apr 13
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7725–10.9625/bu+0.14−85–−66¢/BuMay (K)9.8795
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8425–11.1525/bu+0.14−78–−47¢/BuMay (K)9.9631
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7725–10.9225/bu+0.14−85–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.8732
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8925–11.1725/bu+0.14−73–−45¢/BuMay (K)9.8161
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7725–11.0625/bu+0.14−85–−56¢/BuMay (K)9.8608
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8625–10.9725/bu+0.05−76–−65¢/BuMay (K)9.8504
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0225/bu+0.14−60¢/BuMay (K)10.1175
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.8725–11.4225/bu+0.14−75–−20¢/BuMay (K)10.2564

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9525–4.0725/bu+0.01−45–−33¢/BuMay (K)4.6300
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9825–4.1825/bu+0.01−42–−22¢/BuMay (K)4.6378
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9725–4.1525/bu+0.01−43–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.6743
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0025–4.2425/bu+0.01−40–−16¢/BuMay (K)4.5886
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9025–4.2525/bu+0.01−50–−15¢/BuMay (K)4.5067
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9825–4.1825/bu+0.01−42–−22¢/BuMay (K)4.5943
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2025–4.3025/bu+0.01−20–−10¢/BuMay (K)4.7700
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.