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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Mon, May 18
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2900–11.5300/bu+0.36−84–−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.0125
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3700–11.5800/bu+0.36−76–−55¢/BuJuly (N)9.9819
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4300–11.5300/bu+0.42−70–−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.0146
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3300–11.6800/bu+0.36−80–−45¢/BuJuly (N)9.9875
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1400–11.6900/bu+0.36−99–−44¢/BuJuly (N)9.9308
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4800–11.5300/bu+0.41−65–−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.0661
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5300/bu+0.36−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.2575
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.4300–11.9300/bu+0.36−70–−20¢/BuJuly (N)10.2875

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3100–4.4000/bu+0.21−46–−37¢/BuJuly (N)4.2590
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2700–4.4300/bu+0.21−50–−34¢/BuJuly (N)4.2594
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3700–4.5000/bu+0.26−40–−27¢/BuJuly (N)4.3250
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3700–4.5000/bu+0.21−40–−27¢/BuJuly (N)4.2150
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1500–4.5900/bu+0.21−62–−18¢/BuJuly (N)4.1017
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3600–4.4400/bu+0.25−41–−33¢/BuJuly (N)4.2579
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5300–4.6700/bu+0.21−24–−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.