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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Tue, Dec 17
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1375/bu+0.05+37¢/BuJanuary (F)13.4450
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1075/bu+0.05+34¢/BuJanuary (F)13.3750
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7675–9.8175/bu+0.050–+5¢/BuJanuary (F)13.1500
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7475–9.8475/bu+0.05−2–+8¢/BuJanuary (F)13.0467
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8675–9.8875/bu+0.05+10–+12¢/BuJanuary (F)13.1825
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8575–9.8675/bu+0.04+9–+10¢/BuJanuary (F)13.0750
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5675–10.0875/bu+0.05−20–+32¢/BuJanuary (F)13.0150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5675–10.0875/bu+0.05−20–+32¢/BuJanuary (F)12.9330
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3475–9.5675/bu+0.05−42–−20¢/BuJanuary (F)12.7600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3175–9.4975/bu+0.05−45–−27¢/BuJanuary (F)12.6483
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4875–9.6675/bu+0.05−28–−10¢/BuJanuary (F)12.7725
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4675–9.6675/bu+0.05−30–−10¢/BuJanuary (F)12.7125
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4375–9.6375/bu+0.05−33–−13¢/BuJanuary (F)12.8225
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4375–9.6375/bu+0.05−33–−13¢/BuJanuary (F)12.7943
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5975–9.8775/bu+0.05−17–+11¢/BuJanuary (F)12.9836
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5975–9.8775/bu+0.05−17–+11¢/BuJanuary (F)12.9050
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5675–9.6175/bu+0.05−20–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)12.7600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5175–9.6175/bu+0.05−25–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)12.7500
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3675–9.6275/bu+0.05−40–−14¢/BuJanuary (F)12.8379
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4075–9.6275/bu+0.05−36–−14¢/BuJanuary (F)12.7967
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.7675–9.8675/bu+0.050–+10¢/BuJanuary (F)13.0430
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7675–9.8675/bu+0.050–+10¢/BuJanuary (F)13.0000
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7675–9.8675/bu+0.050–+10¢/BuJanuary (F)13.0000

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2625/bu+0.06−35¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2125/bu+0.06−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1125–5.2125/bu+0.06−50–−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.5000–5.5500/bu+0.05+5–+10¢/BuMarch (H)6.0775

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6350/bu+0.02+20¢/BuMarch (H)4.7975
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5750/bu+0.02+14¢/BuMarch (H)4.6775
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1150–4.2250/bu+0.02−32–−21¢/BuMarch (H)4.3918
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1050–4.2150/bu+0.02−33–−22¢/BuMarch (H)4.3475
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3150–4.3950/bu+0.02−12–−4¢/BuMarch (H)4.5625
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3150–4.3550/bu+0.02−12–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.4958
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4050–4.4550/bu+0.02−3–+2¢/BuMarch (H)4.6000
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3650–4.3950/bu+0.01−7–−4¢/BuMarch (H)4.5425
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0650–4.6350/bu+0.02−37–+20¢/BuMarch (H)4.4755
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0450–4.5950/bu+0.02−39–+16¢/BuMarch (H)4.3935
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0850–4.3250/bu+0.02−35–−11¢/BuMarch (H)4.4446
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0850–4.3050/bu+0.02−35–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.4175
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1150–4.2150/bu+0.02−32–−22¢/BuMarch (H)4.3663
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0950–4.2150/bu+0.02−34–−22¢/BuMarch (H)4.3063
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1050–4.2650/bu+0.02−33–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.4581
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1150–4.2650/bu+0.02−32–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.4122
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2450–4.4050/bu+0.02−19–−3¢/BuMarch (H)4.4988
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2250–4.4050/bu+0.02−21–−3¢/BuMarch (H)4.4313
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2850–4.3050/bu+0.02−15–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.4675
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2350–4.2850/bu+0.02−20–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.4255
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.2850–4.4650/bu+0.02−15–+3¢/BuMarch (H)4.5758
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3850–4.4650/bu+0.02−5–+3¢/BuMarch (H)4.7775
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3850–4.4150/bu+0.02−5–−2¢/BuMarch (H)4.6625
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.