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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, May 11
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2900–11.5000/bu+0.07−84–−63¢/BuJuly (N)10.1885
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3300–11.5600/bu+0.09−80–−57¢/BuJuly (N)10.2158
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3300–11.5000/bu+0.05−80–−63¢/BuJuly (N)10.1982
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3300–11.6800/bu+0.05−80–−45¢/BuJuly (N)10.2239
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1400–11.7100/bu+0.05−99–−42¢/BuJuly (N)10.1675
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4100–11.5000/bu+0.08−72–−63¢/BuJuly (N)10.2739
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5300/bu+0.05−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.4625
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.4300–11.8475/bu+0.05−70–−15¢/BuJuly (N)10.5175

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2525–4.3825/bu+0.07−50–−37¢/BuJuly (N)4.2510
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2075–4.3725/bu+0.05−40–−38¢/BuMay (K)4.2467
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3025–4.4525/bu+0.04−45–−30¢/BuJuly (N)4.3200
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3425–4.4825/bu+0.04−41–−27¢/BuJuly (N)4.2043
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1325–4.5725/bu+0.08−62–−18¢/BuJuly (N)4.0950
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3025–4.4125/bu+0.04−45–−34¢/BuJuly (N)4.2314
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5125–4.6325/bu+0.04−24–−12¢/BuJuly (N)4.4300
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.