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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Apr 16
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8375–10.9875/bu+0.03−80–−65¢/BuMay (K)9.8350
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8575–11.1675/bu+0.03−78–−47¢/BuMay (K)9.9161
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8275–10.9375/bu+0.03−81–−70¢/BuMay (K)9.8336
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9075–11.1875/bu+0.03−73–−45¢/BuMay (K)9.7807
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7875–11.0775/bu+0.03−85–−56¢/BuMay (K)9.7650
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8875–11.0175/bu+0.03−75–−62¢/BuMay (K)9.8207
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1075/bu+0.03−53¢/BuMay (K)10.1150
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.8875–11.4375/bu+0.03−75–−20¢/BuMay (K)10.2150

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0350–4.1450/bu+0.03−45–−34¢/BuMay (K)4.6135
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0650–4.2650/bu+0.03−42–−22¢/BuMay (K)4.6169
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0550–4.2350/bu+0.03−43–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.6525
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0950–4.3250/bu+0.03−39–−16¢/BuMay (K)4.5682
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9750–4.3650/bu+0.03−51–−12¢/BuMay (K)4.5292
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0650–4.2950/bu+0.03−42–−19¢/BuMay (K)4.5739
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3050–4.3850/bu+0.03−18–−10¢/BuMay (K)4.7525
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.