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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, May 7
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0625–11.2725/bu+0.03−86–−65¢/BuJuly (N)9.9210
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0825–11.3425/bu+0.03−84–−58¢/BuJuly (N)9.9544
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1225–11.2725/bu+0.03−80–−65¢/BuJuly (N)9.9329
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1225–11.4225/bu+0.03−80–−50¢/BuJuly (N)9.9529
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9325–11.5325/bu+0.03−99–−39¢/BuJuly (N)9.9067
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1725–11.2725/bu+0.03−75–−65¢/BuJuly (N)10.0071
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3225/bu+0.03−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.2000
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.2225–11.6225/bu+0.03−70–−30¢/BuJuly (N)10.2550

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1450–4.3050/bu+0.01−53–−37¢/BuJuly (N)4.2460
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1275–4.2950/bu—−40–−38¢/BuMay (K)4.2483
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2250–4.3750/bu+0.01−45–−30¢/BuJuly (N)4.3121
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2650–4.4250/bu+0.01−41–−25¢/BuJuly (N)4.1936
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0650–4.4950/bu+0.02−61–−18¢/BuJuly (N)4.0867
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2250–4.3350/bu+0.01−45–−34¢/BuJuly (N)4.2250
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4350–4.5550/bu+0.01−24–−12¢/BuJuly (N)4.4250
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.