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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, May 1
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1725–11.3325/bu+0.08−86–−70¢/BuJuly (N)10.0260
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1925–11.4625/bu+0.08−84–−57¢/BuJuly (N)10.0700
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2225–11.3325/bu+0.08−81–−70¢/BuJuly (N)10.0371
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2325–11.5325/bu+0.09−80–−50¢/BuJuly (N)10.0543
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0425–11.5325/bu+0.08−99–−50¢/BuJuly (N)10.0450
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2825–11.3825/bu+0.13−75–−65¢/BuJuly (N)10.1229
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3725/bu+0.08−66¢/BuJuly (N)10.3300
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.2825–11.7325/bu+0.08−75–−30¢/BuJuly (N)10.3750

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2725–4.4625/bu+0.06−53–−34¢/BuJuly (N)4.4450
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2825–4.4225/bu+0.04−40–−38¢/BuMay (K)4.4422
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3525–4.5225/bu+0.12−45–−28¢/BuJuly (N)4.4743
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3825–4.5325/bu+0.06−42–−27¢/BuJuly (N)4.4000
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1825–4.6425/bu+0.06−62–−16¢/BuJuly (N)4.3067
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3525–4.4525/bu+0.06−45–−35¢/BuJuly (N)4.4071
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5625–4.6425/bu+0.06−24–−16¢/BuJuly (N)4.6100
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.