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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Apr 15
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8700–11.0200/bu+0.09−80–−65¢/BuMay (K)9.8535
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8900–11.2000/bu+0.09−78–−47¢/BuMay (K)9.9342
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8600–10.9700/bu+0.13−81–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.8561
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9400–11.2200/bu+0.09−73–−45¢/BuMay (K)9.7918
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8200–11.1100/bu+0.09−85–−56¢/BuMay (K)9.8492
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9200–11.0500/bu+0.09−75–−62¢/BuMay (K)9.8432
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1400/bu+0.09−53¢/BuMay (K)10.1375
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.9200–11.4700/bu+0.09−75–−20¢/BuMay (K)10.2275

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0625–4.1725/bu+0.08−45–−34¢/BuMay (K)4.6265
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0925–4.2925/bu+0.08−42–−22¢/BuMay (K)4.6358
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0825–4.2625/bu+0.08−43–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.6725
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1225–4.3525/bu+0.08−39–−16¢/BuMay (K)4.5854
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0025–4.3925/bu+0.08−51–−12¢/BuMay (K)4.5158
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0925–4.3225/bu+0.08−42–−19¢/BuMay (K)4.5939
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3325–4.4125/bu+0.08−18–−10¢/BuMay (K)4.7725
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.