Cash grain bids / Iowa / Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids / 2026-05-06

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

The Feeder BoardNational weight ladder, every weight classfreeState & Region LaddersEvery state, every weightfreeFind Your BarnEvery USDA-reported market, every salefreeSale ReportsClean report pages replacing USDA PDFsfreeState Auction SummariesUSDA's statewide view, 30 statesfreeWhat Are My Calves Worth?Weight + sex + state → today's moneyfreeThe Forward CurveFall prices trading today, by regionproVideo & Internet SalesSuperior, Western Video and morefreeBoard SalesForward feeder trade, by delivery monthfree

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Fed Cash Today5-Area live & dressed, regional splitfreePacker MarginThe daily per-head numberfreeCarcass Weight WatchWeekly weights vs 5-year bandfreeCattle on FeedMonthly placements & marketings, revisions trackedfreeNegotiated Share TrackerCash vs formula, tracked over yearsfreeWhat Quality PaysWhat packers add and subtract on a carcass gridfree

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Boxed Beef DailyChoice, Select, the spreadfreePrimal ValuesRib to flank, what's pulling the cutoutfreeWhat the Label Is WorthGrass-fed and organic vs conventional, by cutfreeThe 84-Cut LadderEvery cut USDA tracks, dailyproWho Gets WhatEvery segment’s share of the beef dollarfreeImported Lean MarketThe 90s trade that moves cull cowsSoon

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cash Grain Bids30 states of elevator bids, dailyfreeHay Prices19 states + 18 auctions, by qualityfreeBasis MapWhat local corn is worth against the boardfreeFeedstuffs DeskDDGS, soybean meal, mill feedsfree

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

Cull Cow & Bull PricesDaily national, by class and regionfreeCow CutoutWhat the grinding beef is worth, dailyfreeBred Cows & PairsBy stage, age, and statefree

More

Latest ReportsEvery USDA release as it publishesfreeReport ArchiveWhat USDA published on any datefreeThe Morning WireDaily brief from every fresh reportfreeRecords BookAll-time highs, and where today sitsfreeCattle on FeedMonthly, with revisions trackedfreeThe BordersMexico & Canada flows and pricesproDrought & Forced SellingHow much of the herd is dry, and what it costsfreeAlertsYour barn, your class, your thresholdSoon

Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, May 6
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0875–11.2475/bu+0.17−86–−70¢/BuJuly (N)9.8495
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1075–11.3675/bu+0.17−84–−58¢/BuJuly (N)9.8947
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1475–11.2475/bu+0.17−80–−70¢/BuJuly (N)9.8654
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1475–11.4475/bu+0.17−80–−50¢/BuJuly (N)9.8882
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9575–11.5275/bu+0.17−99–−42¢/BuJuly (N)9.8458
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1975–11.2975/bu+0.17−75–−65¢/BuJuly (N)9.9454
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3475/bu+0.17−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.1425
—
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.2475–11.6475/bu+0.17−70–−30¢/BuJuly (N)10.1975

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1550–4.3150/bu+0.12−53–−37¢/BuJuly (N)4.2645
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1275–4.3050/bu+0.13−40–−38¢/BuMay (K)4.2625
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2350–4.3850/bu+0.12−45–−30¢/BuJuly (N)4.3082
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2750–4.4350/bu+0.12−41–−25¢/BuJuly (N)4.2082
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0850–4.5250/bu+0.10−60–−16¢/BuJuly (N)4.1042
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2350–4.3350/bu+0.12−45–−35¢/BuJuly (N)4.2254
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4450–4.5450/bu+0.12−24–−14¢/BuJuly (N)4.4425
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.