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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, May 12
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4275–11.6375/bu+0.14−84–−63¢/BuJuly (N)10.2090
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4675–11.6875/bu+0.14−80–−58¢/BuJuly (N)10.2194
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4675–11.6375/bu+0.14−80–−63¢/BuJuly (N)10.2150
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4675–11.8175/bu+0.14−80–−45¢/BuJuly (N)10.2364
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2775–11.8475/bu+0.14−99–−42¢/BuJuly (N)10.1800
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5475–11.6375/bu+0.14−72–−63¢/BuJuly (N)10.2864
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6675/bu+0.14−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.4750
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.5675–11.9850/bu+0.14−70–−15¢/BuJuly (N)10.5250

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3000–4.4300/bu+0.05−50–−37¢/BuJuly (N)4.2090
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2725–4.4300/bu+0.07−40–−37¢/BuMay (K)4.1850
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3500–4.5200/bu+0.05−45–−28¢/BuJuly (N)4.2693
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3900–4.5300/bu+0.05−41–−27¢/BuJuly (N)4.1493
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1800–4.6200/bu+0.05−62–−18¢/BuJuly (N)4.0450
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3500–4.4700/bu+0.05−45–−33¢/BuJuly (N)4.1850
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5600–4.7000/bu+0.05−24–−10¢/BuJuly (N)4.3750
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.