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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, May 5
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2550–11.4150/bu+0.11−86–−70¢/BuJuly (N)9.8585
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2750–11.5350/bu+0.11−84–−58¢/BuJuly (N)9.9092
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3150–11.4150/bu+0.11−80–−70¢/BuJuly (N)9.8954
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3150–11.6150/bu+0.11−80–−50¢/BuJuly (N)9.9082
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1250–11.6250/bu+0.11−99–−49¢/BuJuly (N)9.8692
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3650–11.4650/bu+0.11−75–−65¢/BuJuly (N)9.9582
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5150/bu+0.11−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.1625
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.4150–11.8150/bu+0.11−70–−30¢/BuJuly (N)10.2075

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2700–4.4300/bu+0.06−53–−37¢/BuJuly (N)4.3150
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2550–4.4200/bu+0.08−40–−38¢/BuMay (K)4.3194
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3500–4.5000/bu+0.06−45–−30¢/BuJuly (N)4.3621
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3900–4.5500/bu+0.06−41–−25¢/BuJuly (N)4.2664
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1800–4.6400/bu+0.07−62–−16¢/BuJuly (N)4.1667
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3500–4.4500/bu+0.06−45–−35¢/BuJuly (N)4.2821
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5600–4.6400/bu+0.06−24–−16¢/BuJuly (N)4.4900
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.