USDA Iowa Country Grain Bids 05/18 14:35

Iowa Daily Cash Grain Bids
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05/18/2026




 
State Average Price: Corn -- $4.37 (-.40N) Up 21 cents | Soybeans -- 
$11.46 (-.67N) Up 37 centsnTerminal Elevators: Southwest Region - Council 
Bluffs locations.

Coarse
Bid
US #1  Soybeans  bulk
 
Country Elevators-Conventional
Region/Location
Delivery    Basis(/Bu)  Change          Price($/Bu) Change        Avg  Freight
North Central
Current     -84N/-60N    UNCH 0          11.29-11.53UP .36          11.45 D-T   

Northeast
Current     -76N/-55N    UNCH 0          11.37-11.58UP .36          11.45 D-T   

Northwest
Current     -70N/-60N    UP 6-UNCH 0     11.43-11.53UP .42-UP .36   11.49 D-T   

South Central
Current     -80N/-45N    UNCH 0          11.33-11.68UP .36          11.47 D-T   

Southeast
Current     -99N/-44N    UNCH 0-UP 15    11.14-11.69UP .36-UP .51   11.42 D-T   

Southwest
Current     -65N/-60N    UP 5-UNCH 0     11.48-11.53UP .41-UP .36   11.51 D-T   

Mills and Processors-Conventional
Region/Location
Delivery    Basis(/Bu)  Change          Price($/Bu) Change        Avg  Freight
 
Current     -70N/-20N    UNCH 0-DN 5     11.43-11.93UP .36-UP .31   11.67 D-T   

Terminal Elevators-Conventional
Region/Location
Delivery    Basis(/Bu)  Change          Price($/Bu) Change        Avg  Freight
Southwest
Current     -60N/-60N    UNCH 0          11.53      UP .36          11.53 D-T   


US #2 Yellow Corn  bulk
 
Country Elevators-Conventional
Region/Location
Delivery    Basis(/Bu)  Change          Price($/Bu) Change        Avg  Freight
North Central
Current     -46N/-37N    UNCH 0          4.31-4.40  UP .21          4.36  D-T   
Current                  No Comp         0          No Comp 0             D-T   

Northeast
Current     -50N/-34N    UNCH 0-UP 1     4.27-4.43  UP .21-UP .22   4.35  D-T   
Current                  No Comp         0          No Comp 0             D-T   

Northwest
Current     -40N/-27N    UP 5-UNCH 0     4.37-4.50  UP .26-UP .21   4.40  D-T   

South Central
Current     -40N/-27N    UNCH 0          4.37-4.50  UP .21          4.40  D-T   

Southeast
Current     -62N/-18N    UNCH 0          4.15-4.59  UP .21          4.30  D-T   

Southwest
Current     -41N/-33N    UP 4-UNCH 0     4.36-4.44  UP .25-UP .21   4.39  D-T   

Terminal Elevators-Conventional
Region/Location
Delivery    Basis(/Bu)  Change          Price($/Bu) Change        Avg  Freight
Southwest
Current     -24N/-10N    UNCH 0          4.53-4.67  UP .21          4.60  D-T   



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CBOT/KCBT/MGE Trade month symbols:  F January; G February; H March; J April; K
May; M June; N July; Q August; U September; V October; X November; Z December

/NC: New Crop
/OC: Old Crop
/FN: Falling Numbers

Freight Codes:
FOB: Freight On Board
DLVD: Delivered
T: Truck, R: Rail, RB: River Barge, T/R: Truck/Rail, R/B: Rail/Barge,
T/R/B: Truck/Rail/Barge

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