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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, Apr 28
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0325–11.1625/bu+0.13−86–−73¢/BuJuly (N)9.9540
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0525–11.3225/bu+0.08−84–−57¢/BuJuly (N)9.9478
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8900–11.1425/bu+0.04−84–−75¢/BuMay (K)9.9393
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0000–11.3925/bu+0.02−73–−50¢/BuMay (K)9.8925
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8800–11.3400/bu+0.04−85–−39¢/BuMay (K)9.9442
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0800–11.1725/bu+0.06−65–−72¢/BuMay (K)10.0057
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2325/bu+0.01−66¢/BuJuly (N)10.2275
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.1425–11.6425/bu+0.12−75–−25¢/BuJuly (N)10.2870

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2250–4.4150/bu+0.05−53–−34¢/BuJuly (N)4.4460
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2325–4.4525/bu+0.05−42–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.4169
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2525–4.4525/bu+0.09−40–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.4207
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3350–4.5025/bu+0.15−42–−15¢/BuJuly (N)4.3929
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1525–4.5725/bu+0.06−50–−8¢/BuMay (K)4.2958
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2825–4.5050/bu+0.13−37–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.3779
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5150–4.6125/bu+0.09−24–−4¢/BuJuly (N)4.5788
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.