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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Apr 23
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7875–10.9775/bu+0.05−81–−62¢/BuMay (K)10.0450
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9075–11.1175/bu+0.04−69–−48¢/BuMay (K)10.0844
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7375–10.9475/bu+0.05−86–−65¢/BuMay (K)10.0357
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8675–11.1975/bu+0.05−73–−40¢/BuMay (K)9.9886
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7475–11.0975/bu+0.05−85–−50¢/BuMay (K)10.0533
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8475–10.9975/bu+0.10−75–−60¢/BuMay (K)10.0771
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0675/bu+0.05−53¢/BuMay (K)10.3300
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.7975–11.3975/bu+0.05−80–−20¢/BuMay (K)10.3950

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1250–4.3050/bu+0.01−43–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.5715
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1350–4.3550/bu+0.01−42–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.5925
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1550–4.3550/bu+0.01−40–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.6111
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1950–4.3950/bu+0.01−36–−16¢/BuMay (K)4.5296
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0550–4.4550/bu+0.03−50–−10¢/BuMay (K)4.4475
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1650–4.3850/bu+0.02−39–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.5268
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3750–4.5150/bu+0.01−18–−4¢/BuMay (K)4.7275
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.