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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Fri, Dec 15
● Bids as filed51 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.6200–4.6300/bu+0.04−21–−20¢/BuMarch (H)6.5550
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.8800/bu—+5¢/BuMarch (H)—
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.6300/bu+0.04−20¢/BuMarch (H)—
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9000/bu+0.04+7¢/BuMarch (H)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8000/bu+0.04−3¢/BuMarch (H)—
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6400–4.6800/bu+0.04−19–−15¢/BuMarch (H)6.4033
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5700–4.6300/bu+0.02−26–−20¢/BuMarch (H)6.3617
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6800–4.7200/bu+0.04−15–−11¢/BuMarch (H)6.5050
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5700–4.6700/bu+0.02−26–−16¢/BuMarch (H)6.4725
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3500–4.8500/bu+0.04−48–+2¢/BuMarch (H)6.4580
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2300–4.7800/bu+0.02−60–−5¢/BuMarch (H)6.3880
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3200–4.6500/bu+0.04−51–−18¢/BuMarch (H)6.4200
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3200–4.6300/bu+0.04−51–−20¢/BuMarch (H)6.3343
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4200–4.5200/bu+0.04−41–−31¢/BuMarch (H)6.3900
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3300–4.4500/bu+0.04−50–−38¢/BuMarch (H)6.3375
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3900–4.7400/bu+0.04−44–−9¢/BuMarch (H)6.4847
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3700–4.6000/bu+0.04−46–−23¢/BuMarch (H)6.4647
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5300–4.7900/bu+0.04−30–−4¢/BuMarch (H)6.5188
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4100–4.6900/bu+0.02−42–−14¢/BuMarch (H)6.4725
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5300–4.6300/bu+0.04−30–−20¢/BuMarch (H)6.3980
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4800–4.5800/bu+0.04−35–−25¢/BuMarch (H)6.3780
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4100–4.5800/bu+0.04−42–−25¢/BuMarch (H)6.3557
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3800–4.4800/bu+0.04−45–−35¢/BuMarch (H)6.3200
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.5300–4.7800/bu+0.04−30–−5¢/BuMarch (H)6.6067

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.3875/bu+0.02+23¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.2075/bu+0.02+5¢/BuJanuary (F)—
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.0775–13.1275/bu+0.05−8–−3¢/BuJanuary (F)14.7983
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.9275–12.9575/bu+0.10−23–−20¢/BuJanuary (F)14.7879
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.1075–13.1975/bu+0.02−5–+4¢/BuJanuary (F)14.8875
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.9775–13.0575/bu+0.02−18–−10¢/BuJanuary (F)14.8800
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.8175–13.3075/bu+0.01−34–+15¢/BuJanuary (F)14.8840
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6475–13.1575/bu+0.02−51–0¢/BuJanuary (F)14.8540
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5475–12.9975/bu+0.01−61–−16¢/BuJanuary (F)14.4317
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4975–12.7675/bu+0.01−66–−39¢/BuJanuary (F)14.4167
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.7075–12.9075/bu+0.02−45–−25¢/BuJanuary (F)14.6413
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6575–12.8575/bu+0.02−50–−30¢/BuJanuary (F)14.6275
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6575–12.9775/bu+0.02−50–−18¢/BuJanuary (F)14.6420
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6875–12.8875/bu+0.00−47–−27¢/BuJanuary (F)14.6260
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.8875–13.1275/bu+0.02−27–−3¢/BuJanuary (F)14.8543
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.8275–12.9575/bu+0.04−33–−20¢/BuJanuary (F)14.8243
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6075–12.8575/bu+0.02−55–−30¢/BuJanuary (F)14.6750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.7075–12.8075/bu+0.02−45–−35¢/BuJanuary (F)14.6625
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6975–13.0575/bu+0.02−46–−10¢/BuJanuary (F)14.5443
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6575–13.0275/bu+0.02−50–−13¢/BuJanuary (F)14.5357
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.9575–13.2775/bu+0.02−20–+12¢/BuJanuary (F)14.9600
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.0075–13.0575/bu—−15–−10¢/BuJanuary (F)15.0000
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.0075–13.0575/bu+0.02−15–−10¢/BuJanuary (F)14.6167

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9425/bu+0.13−50¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7625/bu+0.13−68¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9425–5.9925/bu+0.13−50–−45¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered6.1425/bu+0.30−15¢/BuMarch (H)7.5350
Source: USDA AMS · Springfield, IL. 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.