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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, Apr 27
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9025–11.1525/bu+0.08−87–−62¢/BuMay (K)10.0070
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9725–11.2225/bu+0.02−80–−55¢/BuMay (K)10.0544
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9325–11.1225/bu+0.16−84–−65¢/BuMay (K)10.0129
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0225–11.3725/bu+0.12−75–−40¢/BuMay (K)9.9786
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9225–11.3325/bu+0.14−85–−44¢/BuMay (K)10.0600
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0225–11.1325/bu+0.14−75–−64¢/BuMay (K)10.0629
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2425/bu+0.14−53¢/BuMay (K)10.3200
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.0225–11.5225/bu+0.19−75–−25¢/BuMay (K)10.3800

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1775–4.2975/bu+0.06−43–−31¢/BuMay (K)4.5390
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1875–4.4075/bu+0.06−42–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.5761
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1675–4.4075/bu+0.05−44–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.5707
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1875–4.4575/bu+0.00−42–−15¢/BuMay (K)4.5050
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0975–4.5275/bu+0.05−51–−8¢/BuMay (K)4.4267
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1575–4.3575/bu+0.00−45–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.4793
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4275–4.5675/bu+0.06−18–−4¢/BuMay (K)4.7150
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.