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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, Apr 24
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8275–11.0375/bu+0.04−81–−60¢/BuMay (K)9.9985
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9575–11.0875/bu+0.05−68–−55¢/BuMay (K)10.0519
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7775–10.9875/bu+0.04−86–−65¢/BuMay (K)9.9904
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9075–11.2375/bu+0.04−73–−40¢/BuMay (K)9.9561
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7875–11.1775/bu+0.04−85–−46¢/BuMay (K)10.0492
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8875–11.0375/bu+0.04−75–−60¢/BuMay (K)10.0432
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1075/bu+0.04−53¢/BuMay (K)10.2975
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.8375–11.3875/bu+0.04−80–−25¢/BuMay (K)10.3625

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1200–4.2500/bu+0.01−43–−30¢/BuMay (K)4.5735
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1300–4.3500/bu+0.01−42–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.6075
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1200–4.3500/bu+0.04−43–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.6104
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1900–4.3900/bu+0.01−36–−16¢/BuMay (K)4.5446
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0500–4.4500/bu+0.01−50–−10¢/BuMay (K)4.4575
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1600–4.3800/bu+0.01−39–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.5204
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3700–4.5100/bu+0.01−18–−4¢/BuMay (K)4.7425
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.