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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, May 20
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1575–11.3975/bu+0.10−84–−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.1255
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2375–11.4475/bu+0.10−76–−55¢/BuJuly (N)10.1008
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2975–11.3975/bu+0.10−70–−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.1475
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1975–11.5975/bu+0.10−80–−40¢/BuJuly (N)10.1218
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0075–11.5575/bu+0.10−99–−44¢/BuJuly (N)10.0558
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3475–11.3975/bu+0.10−65–−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.2004
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4175/bu+0.10−58¢/BuJuly (N)10.3775
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.2975–11.8475/bu+0.10−70–−15¢/BuJuly (N)10.4075

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1975–4.3075/bu+0.10−46–−35¢/BuJuly (N)4.4000
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1575–4.3875/bu+0.10−50–−27¢/BuJuly (N)4.3956
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2575–4.3875/bu+0.10−40–−27¢/BuJuly (N)4.4714
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2575–4.3875/bu+0.10−40–−27¢/BuJuly (N)4.3643
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0275–4.4775/bu+0.11−63–−18¢/BuJuly (N)4.2567
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2475–4.3375/bu+0.10−41–−32¢/BuJuly (N)4.4014
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4375–4.5575/bu+0.10−22–−10¢/BuJuly (N)4.6000
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.