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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, May 13
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4500–11.6900/bu+0.02−84–−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.2595
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4900–11.7100/bu+0.02−80–−58¢/BuJuly (N)10.2775
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4900–11.6900/bu+0.02−80–−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.2746
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4900–11.8400/bu+0.02−80–−45¢/BuJuly (N)10.2889
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3000–11.8700/bu+0.02−99–−42¢/BuJuly (N)10.2292
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5700–11.6900/bu+0.02−72–−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.3361
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6900/bu+0.02−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.5275
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.5900–12.0025/bu+0.02−70–−15¢/BuJuly (N)10.5675

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3075–4.4375/bu+0.01−50–−37¢/BuJuly (N)4.2390
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2650–4.4475/bu+0.01−40–−36¢/BuMay (K)4.2350
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3575–4.5275/bu+0.01−45–−28¢/BuJuly (N)4.2993
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3975–4.5375/bu+0.01−41–−27¢/BuJuly (N)4.1950
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1875–4.6275/bu+0.01−62–−18¢/BuJuly (N)4.0817
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3575–4.4775/bu+0.01−45–−33¢/BuJuly (N)4.2250
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5675–4.7075/bu+0.01−24–−10¢/BuJuly (N)4.4200
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.