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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Thu, May 28
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1050–11.3450/bu+0.09−84–−60¢/BuJuly (N)10.0155
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1950–11.5150/bu+0.09−75–−43¢/BuJuly (N)9.9719
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2850–11.3950/bu+0.09−66–−55¢/BuJuly (N)10.0404
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1450–11.5950/bu+0.09−80–−35¢/BuJuly (N)10.0561
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9550–11.5350/bu+0.09−99–−41¢/BuJuly (N)9.9625
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2950–11.3950/bu+0.09−65–−55¢/BuJuly (N)10.0932
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3950/bu+0.12−55¢/BuJuly (N)10.2675
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.2450–11.7950/bu+0.09−70–−15¢/BuJuly (N)10.2925

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0975–4.2075/bu+0.03−46–−35¢/BuJuly (N)4.2630
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1575–4.3075/bu+0.08−40–−25¢/BuJuly (N)4.2589
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1575–4.3075/bu+0.03−40–−25¢/BuJuly (N)4.3314
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1775–4.3075/bu+0.03−38–−25¢/BuJuly (N)4.2486
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9775–4.3975/bu+0.06−58–−16¢/BuJuly (N)4.1317
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1575–4.2575/bu+0.03−40–−30¢/BuJuly (N)4.2657
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3775–4.4775/bu+0.05−18–−8¢/BuJuly (N)4.4700
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.