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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Tue, Jan 14
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3650/bu+0.02−13¢/BuNovember (X)11.9625
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6550/bu+0.06+18¢/BuMarch (H)12.6025
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0650–10.1650/bu+0.02−43–−33¢/BuNovember (X)11.7050
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3550–10.4450/bu+0.06−12–−3¢/BuMarch (H)12.2475
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0950–10.2450/bu+0.02−40–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.7250
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3750–10.4750/bu+0.11−10–0¢/BuMarch (H)12.3325
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8050–10.2450/bu+0.02−69–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.4165
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1050–10.7450/bu+0.08−37–+27¢/BuMarch (H)12.2185
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9450–10.0450/bu+0.07−55–−45¢/BuNovember (X)11.5875
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9750–10.1450/bu+0.06−50–−33¢/BuMarch (H)11.8942
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9950–10.0950/bu+0.02−50–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.5938
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0750–10.2450/bu+0.06−40–−23¢/BuMarch (H)11.9925
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9850–10.1450/bu+0.02−51–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.5909
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0050–10.2450/bu+0.06−47–−23¢/BuMarch (H)11.9992
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9850–10.1150/bu+0.02−51–−38¢/BuNovember (X)11.6258
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1950–10.4150/bu+0.06−28–−6¢/BuMarch (H)12.1996
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0950/bu+0.02−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.5958
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2250–10.2350/bu+0.06−25–−24¢/BuMarch (H)11.9600
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8750–10.1450/bu+0.04−62–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.5182
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9800–10.2350/bu+0.02−45–−24¢/BuJanuary (F)12.0011
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.4250–10.5250/bu+0.06−5–+5¢/BuMarch (H)12.2685
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3750–10.5750/bu+0.06−10–+10¢/BuMarch (H)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3750–10.5750/bu+0.06−10–+10¢/BuMarch (H)12.2975

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2850–5.3350/bu+0.01−40–−35¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2850/bu+0.01−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1850–5.2350/bu+0.01−50–−45¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.5125/bu+0.01+5¢/BuMarch (H)5.7450

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4275/bu+0.01−14¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6625
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8050/bu+0.02+6¢/BuMarch (H)4.6150
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1675–4.2475/bu+0.01−40–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4485
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5750–4.6250/bu+0.02−17–−12¢/BuMarch (H)4.2817
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2175–4.2675/bu+0.01−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4975
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6250–4.6850/bu+0.04−12–−6¢/BuMarch (H)4.3950
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8575–4.3175/bu+0.01−71–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2200
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2750–4.9250/bu+0.04−47–+18¢/BuMarch (H)4.2330
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1675–4.2675/bu+0.01−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4625
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3050–4.5450/bu+0.02−44–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.1964
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1475–4.2175/bu+0.01−42–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4038
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3450–4.5050/bu+0.02−40–−24¢/BuMarch (H)4.1050
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0875–4.3175/bu+0.01−48–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3944
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4050–4.5750/bu+0.04−34–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.1863
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0375–4.2175/bu+0.01−53–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3742
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4550–4.6650/bu+0.04−29–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.2625
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1675/bu+0.01−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4100
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5450–4.6150/bu+0.07−20–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.1690
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1175–4.2175/bu+0.02−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3439
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3250–4.4750/bu+0.04−42–−27¢/BuMarch (H)4.1350
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.5950–4.7450/bu+0.02−15–0¢/BuMarch (H)4.3917
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.6950–4.7050/bu+0.02−5–−4¢/BuMarch (H)—
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.6950–4.7050/bu+0.02−5–−4¢/BuMarch (H)4.4150
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.