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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, May 14
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0850–11.3250/bu+0.37−84–−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.0135
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1250–11.3450/bu+0.37−80–−58¢/BuJuly (N)10.0481
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1650–11.3250/bu+0.33−76–−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.0196
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1250–11.4750/bu+0.37−80–−45¢/BuJuly (N)9.9954
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9350–11.4850/bu+0.37−99–−44¢/BuJuly (N)10.0008
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2050–11.3250/bu+0.37−72–−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.0711
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3250/bu+0.37−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.2625
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.2250–11.6250/bu+0.37−70–−30¢/BuJuly (N)10.3025

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2150–4.3050/bu+0.09−46–−37¢/BuJuly (N)4.2690
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1150–4.3250/bu+0.15−40–−35¢/BuMay (K)4.2650
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2250–4.3950/bu+0.13−45–−28¢/BuJuly (N)4.3293
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2750–4.4050/bu+0.12−40–−27¢/BuJuly (N)4.2250
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0550–4.4950/bu+0.13−62–−18¢/BuJuly (N)4.1100
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2250–4.3450/bu+0.13−45–−33¢/BuJuly (N)4.2579
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4350–4.5750/bu+0.13−24–−10¢/BuJuly (N)4.4500
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.