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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, Apr 30
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0950–11.2550/bu+0.02−86–−70¢/BuJuly (N)9.9445
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1150–11.3750/bu+0.02−84–−58¢/BuJuly (N)9.9825
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1450–11.2350/bu+0.03−81–−72¢/BuJuly (N)9.9596
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1450–11.4550/bu+0.05−81–−50¢/BuJuly (N)9.9282
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9650–11.4150/bu+0.01−99–−54¢/BuJuly (N)9.9842
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1550–11.2550/bu+0.02−80–−70¢/BuJuly (N)10.0382
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2950/bu+0.02−66¢/BuJuly (N)10.2025
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.2050–11.6550/bu+0.02−75–−30¢/BuJuly (N)10.2975

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2175–4.4075/bu+0.03−53–−34¢/BuJuly (N)4.4685
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2475–4.3875/bu+0.05−40–−36¢/BuMay (K)4.4625
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2375–4.4475/bu+0.03−51–−30¢/BuJuly (N)4.5068
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3275–4.4975/bu+0.03−42–−25¢/BuJuly (N)4.4139
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1275–4.5875/bu+0.03−62–−16¢/BuJuly (N)4.3308
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2975–4.4475/bu+0.00−45–−30¢/BuJuly (N)4.4268
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5075–4.5875/bu+0.03−24–−16¢/BuJuly (N)4.6425
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.