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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Wed, May 27
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0125–11.2525/bu+0.01−84–−60¢/BuJuly (N)9.9850
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1025–11.3825/bu+0.01−75–−47¢/BuJuly (N)9.9394
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1925–11.2525/bu+0.01−66–−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.0079
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0525–11.5025/bu+0.01−80–−35¢/BuJuly (N)10.0236
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8625–11.4425/bu+0.01−99–−41¢/BuJuly (N)9.9283
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2025–11.3025/bu+0.01−65–−55¢/BuJuly (N)10.0607
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2725/bu+0.01−58¢/BuJuly (N)10.2350
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.1525–11.7025/bu+0.01−70–−15¢/BuJuly (N)10.2600

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0650–4.1750/bu+0.05−46–−35¢/BuJuly (N)4.3030
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0750–4.2550/bu—−45–−27¢/BuJuly (N)4.2989
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1250–4.2750/bu+0.05−40–−25¢/BuJuly (N)4.3714
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1450–4.2750/bu+0.05−38–−25¢/BuJuly (N)4.2886
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9150–4.3650/bu+0.05−61–−16¢/BuJuly (N)4.1717
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1250–4.2250/bu+0.05−40–−30¢/BuJuly (N)4.3057
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3250–4.4450/bu+0.05−20–−8¢/BuJuly (N)4.5000
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.