Cash grain bids / Iowa / Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids / 2026-05-19

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

The Feeder BoardNational weight ladder, every weight classfreeState & Region LaddersEvery state, every weightfreeFind Your BarnEvery USDA-reported market, every salefreeSale ReportsClean report pages replacing USDA PDFsfreeState Auction SummariesUSDA's statewide view, 30 statesfreeWhat Are My Calves Worth?Weight + sex + state → today's moneyfreeThe Forward CurveFall prices trading today, by regionproVideo & Internet SalesSuperior, Western Video and morefreeBoard SalesForward feeder trade, by delivery monthfree

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Fed Cash Today5-Area live & dressed, regional splitfreePacker MarginThe daily per-head numberfreeCarcass Weight WatchWeekly weights vs 5-year bandfreeCattle on FeedMonthly placements & marketings, revisions trackedfreeNegotiated Share TrackerCash vs formula, tracked over yearsfreeWhat Quality PaysWhat packers add and subtract on a carcass gridfree

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Boxed Beef DailyChoice, Select, the spreadfreePrimal ValuesRib to flank, what's pulling the cutoutfreeWhat the Label Is WorthGrass-fed and organic vs conventional, by cutfreeThe 84-Cut LadderEvery cut USDA tracks, dailyproWho Gets WhatEvery segment’s share of the beef dollarfreeImported Lean MarketThe 90s trade that moves cull cowsSoon

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cash Grain Bids30 states of elevator bids, dailyfreeHay Prices19 states + 18 auctions, by qualityfreeBasis MapWhat local corn is worth against the boardfreeFeedstuffs DeskDDGS, soybean meal, mill feedsfree

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

Cull Cow & Bull PricesDaily national, by class and regionfreeCow CutoutWhat the grinding beef is worth, dailyfreeBred Cows & PairsBy stage, age, and statefree

More

Latest ReportsEvery USDA release as it publishesfreeReport ArchiveWhat USDA published on any datefreeThe Morning WireDaily brief from every fresh reportfreeRecords BookAll-time highs, and where today sitsfreeCattle on FeedMonthly, with revisions trackedfreeThe BordersMexico & Canada flows and pricesproDrought & Forced SellingHow much of the herd is dry, and what it costsfreeAlertsYour barn, your class, your thresholdSoon

Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, May 19
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2550–11.4950/bu+0.04−84–−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.0270
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3350–11.5450/bu+0.04−76–−55¢/BuJuly (N)10.0033
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3950–11.4950/bu+0.04−70–−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.0443
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2950–11.6950/bu+0.04−80–−40¢/BuJuly (N)10.0243
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1050–11.6550/bu+0.04−99–−44¢/BuJuly (N)9.9583
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4450–11.4950/bu+0.04−65–−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.0957
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5150/bu+0.02−58¢/BuJuly (N)10.2800
—
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.3950–11.8950/bu+0.04−70–−20¢/BuJuly (N)10.3150

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2925–4.3825/bu+0.02−46–−37¢/BuJuly (N)4.3320
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2525–4.4225/bu+0.02−50–−33¢/BuJuly (N)4.3294
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3525–4.4825/bu+0.02−40–−27¢/BuJuly (N)4.3979
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3525–4.4825/bu+0.02−40–−27¢/BuJuly (N)4.2921
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1325–4.5725/bu+0.02−62–−18¢/BuJuly (N)4.1883
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3425–4.4325/bu+0.02−41–−32¢/BuJuly (N)4.3321
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5325–4.6525/bu+0.00−22–−10¢/BuJuly (N)4.5250
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.