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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Apr 21
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9350–11.1250/bu+0.09−81–−62¢/BuMay (K)9.8620
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0450–11.2650/bu+0.09−70–−48¢/BuMay (K)9.9056
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8850–11.0950/bu+0.09−86–−65¢/BuMay (K)9.8429
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0150–11.3450/bu+0.09−73–−40¢/BuMay (K)9.8014
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8950–11.2650/bu+0.09−85–−48¢/BuMay (K)9.8340
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0450–11.1450/bu+0.14−70–−60¢/BuMay (K)9.8357
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2150/bu+0.09−53¢/BuMay (K)10.1500
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.9450–11.5450/bu+0.09−80–−20¢/BuMay (K)10.2200

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1075–4.1975/bu+0.02−43–−34¢/BuMay (K)4.5515
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1175–4.3375/bu+0.02−42–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.5653
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1375–4.3375/bu+0.04−40–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.5904
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1775–4.3775/bu+0.02−36–−16¢/BuMay (K)4.5075
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0175–4.4375/bu+0.02−52–−10¢/BuMay (K)4.4695
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1375–4.3675/bu+0.04−40–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.5104
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3575–4.4975/bu+0.02−18–−4¢/BuMay (K)4.7125
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.