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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, May 4
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3675–11.5275/bu+0.20−86–−70¢/BuJuly (N)9.9010
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3875–11.6475/bu+0.20−84–−58¢/BuJuly (N)9.9483
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4275–11.5275/bu+0.21−80–−70¢/BuJuly (N)9.9379
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4275–11.7275/bu+0.20−80–−50¢/BuJuly (N)9.9293
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2375–11.7275/bu+0.20−99–−50¢/BuJuly (N)9.9167
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4775–11.5775/bu+0.20−75–−65¢/BuJuly (N)9.9907
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6275/bu+0.26−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.2050
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.5275–11.9275/bu+0.25−70–−30¢/BuJuly (N)10.2500

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3275–4.5175/bu+0.06−53–−34¢/BuJuly (N)4.3005
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3375–4.4775/bu+0.06−40–−38¢/BuMay (K)4.2914
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4075–4.5575/bu+0.06−45–−30¢/BuJuly (N)4.3439
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4475–4.6075/bu+0.07−41–−25¢/BuJuly (N)4.2525
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2475–4.6975/bu+0.07−61–−16¢/BuJuly (N)4.1542
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4075–4.5075/bu+0.06−45–−35¢/BuJuly (N)4.2639
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6175–4.6975/bu+0.06−24–−16¢/BuJuly (N)4.4775
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.