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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, May 21
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1025–11.3425/bu+0.06−84–−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.1740
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1825–11.3925/bu+0.06−76–−55¢/BuJuly (N)10.1483
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2425–11.3425/bu+0.06−70–−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.1979
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1425–11.5425/bu+0.06−80–−40¢/BuJuly (N)10.1693
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9525–11.5025/bu+0.06−99–−44¢/BuJuly (N)10.1033
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2925–11.3425/bu+0.06−65–−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.2479
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3625/bu+0.06−58¢/BuJuly (N)10.4250
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.2425–11.7925/bu+0.06−70–−15¢/BuJuly (N)10.4550

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1625–4.2725/bu+0.04−46–−35¢/BuJuly (N)4.4200
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1225–4.3525/bu+0.04−50–−27¢/BuJuly (N)4.4200
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2225–4.3525/bu+0.04−40–−27¢/BuJuly (N)4.4914
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2225–4.3525/bu+0.04−40–−27¢/BuJuly (N)4.3857
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9925–4.4625/bu+0.04−63–−16¢/BuJuly (N)4.2767
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2125–4.3025/bu+0.04−41–−32¢/BuJuly (N)4.4257
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4025–4.5225/bu+0.04−22–−10¢/BuJuly (N)4.6200
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.