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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Tue, May 26
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0200–11.2600/bu+0.11−84–−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.1300
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1100–11.3900/bu+0.10−75–−47¢/BuJuly (N)10.0994
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2000–11.2600/bu+0.11−66–−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.1479
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0600–11.5100/bu+0.11−80–−35¢/BuJuly (N)10.1636
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8700–11.4400/bu+0.11−99–−42¢/BuJuly (N)10.0650
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2100–11.2600/bu+0.11−65–−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.1979
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2800/bu+0.11−58¢/BuJuly (N)10.3750
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.1600–11.7100/bu+0.11−70–−15¢/BuJuly (N)10.4000

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1150–4.2250/bu+0.06−46–−35¢/BuJuly (N)4.3870
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0750–4.3050/bu+0.06−50–−27¢/BuJuly (N)4.3839
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1750–4.3250/bu+0.06−40–−25¢/BuJuly (N)4.4536
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1950–4.3250/bu+0.04−38–−25¢/BuJuly (N)4.3693
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9650–4.4150/bu+0.05−61–−16¢/BuJuly (N)4.2567
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1750–4.2750/bu+0.05−40–−30¢/BuJuly (N)4.3921
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3750–4.4750/bu+0.06−20–−10¢/BuJuly (N)4.5850
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.