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Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids

Iowa · Des Moines · Fri, May 29
● Bids as filed15 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2850

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0275–11.2675/bu+0.08−84–−60¢/BuJuly (N)9.9185
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1175–11.4375/bu+0.08−75–−43¢/BuJuly (N)9.8753
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2075–11.3175/bu+0.08−66–−55¢/BuJuly (N)9.9404
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1175–11.5175/bu+0.03−75–−35¢/BuJuly (N)9.9561
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8775–11.2875/bu+0.08−99–−58¢/BuJuly (N)9.8625
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2375–11.3175/bu+0.06−63–−55¢/BuJuly (N)9.9918
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3175/bu+0.08−55¢/BuJuly (N)10.1675
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.1675–11.7675/bu+0.08−70–−10¢/BuJuly (N)10.1925

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0075–4.1175/bu+0.09−46–−35¢/BuJuly (N)4.2330
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0675–4.2175/bu+0.09−40–−25¢/BuJuly (N)4.2389
Northwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0675–4.2175/bu+0.09−40–−25¢/BuJuly (N)4.3043
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0875–4.2475/bu+0.09−38–−22¢/BuJuly (N)4.2214
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9275–4.3075/bu+0.05−54–−16¢/BuJuly (N)4.1200
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0675–4.1675/bu+0.09−40–−30¢/BuJuly (N)4.2371
Terminal ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3175–4.4075/bu+0.06−15–−6¢/BuJuly (N)4.4400
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.