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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, Apr 29
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1100–11.2700/bu+0.08−86–−70¢/BuJuly (N)9.8823
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1300–11.4200/bu+0.08−84–−55¢/BuJuly (N)9.8756
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1700–11.2500/bu+0.28−80–−72¢/BuJuly (N)9.8671
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0925–11.4700/bu+0.09−73–−50¢/BuMay (K)9.8186
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9725–11.4300/bu+0.09−85–−54¢/BuMay (K)9.8817
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1700–11.2700/bu+0.09−80–−70¢/BuJuly (N)9.9318
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3100/bu+0.08−66¢/BuJuly (N)10.1450
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.2200–11.7200/bu+0.08−75–−25¢/BuJuly (N)10.2158

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2475–4.4375/bu+0.02−53–−34¢/BuJuly (N)4.5048
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2950–4.4175/bu+0.06−37–−36¢/BuMay (K)4.4969
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2650–4.4775/bu+0.01−40–−30¢/BuMay (K)4.5286
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3575–4.5150/bu+0.02−42–−15¢/BuJuly (N)4.4475
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1575–4.6175/bu+0.01−62–−16¢/BuJuly (N)4.3583
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2950–4.5275/bu+0.01−37–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.4382
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5375–4.6250/bu+0.02−24–−4¢/BuJuly (N)4.6388
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.