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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, May 15
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9300–11.1700/bu+0.16−84–−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.0050
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0100–11.2200/bu+0.12−76–−55¢/BuJuly (N)9.9800
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0100–11.1700/bu+0.16−76–−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.0071
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9700–11.3200/bu+0.16−80–−45¢/BuJuly (N)9.9829
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7800–11.1800/bu+0.16−99–−59¢/BuJuly (N)9.9417
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0700–11.1700/bu+0.14−70–−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.0586
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1700/bu+0.16−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.2500
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.0700–11.6200/bu+0.16−70–−15¢/BuJuly (N)10.2950

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0975–4.1875/bu+0.12−46–−37¢/BuJuly (N)4.2190
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0575–4.2075/bu+0.06−50–−35¢/BuJuly (N)4.2150
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1075–4.2875/bu+0.12−45–−27¢/BuJuly (N)4.2793
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1575–4.2875/bu+0.12−40–−27¢/BuJuly (N)4.1750
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9375–4.3775/bu+0.12−62–−18¢/BuJuly (N)4.0617
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1075–4.2275/bu+0.12−45–−33¢/BuJuly (N)4.2179
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3175–4.4575/bu+0.12−24–−10¢/BuJuly (N)4.4000
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.