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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, May 8
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2200–11.4300/bu+0.16−86–−65¢/BuJuly (N)9.9885
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2400–11.5100/bu+0.16−84–−57¢/BuJuly (N)10.0208
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2800–11.4300/bu+0.16−80–−65¢/BuJuly (N)10.0075
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2800–11.5800/bu+0.16−80–−50¢/BuJuly (N)10.0289
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0900–11.6600/bu+0.16−99–−42¢/BuJuly (N)9.9742
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3300–11.4300/bu+0.16−75–−65¢/BuJuly (N)10.0789
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4800/bu+0.16−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.2675
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.3800–11.7925/bu+0.16−70–−15¢/BuJuly (N)10.3225

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1825–4.3425/bu+0.04−53–−37¢/BuJuly (N)4.2685
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1625–4.3325/bu+0.04−40–−38¢/BuMay (K)4.2619
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2625–4.4125/bu+0.04−45–−30¢/BuJuly (N)4.3346
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3025–4.4425/bu+0.04−41–−27¢/BuJuly (N)4.2218
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0525–4.5325/bu+0.01−66–−18¢/BuJuly (N)4.1075
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2625–4.3725/bu+0.04−45–−34¢/BuJuly (N)4.2489
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4725–4.5925/bu+0.04−24–−12¢/BuJuly (N)4.4475
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.