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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Wed, Jan 15
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6925–10.0425/bu+0.18−70–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.3957
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9775–10.1475/bu+0.00−45–−28¢/BuMarch (H)11.7775
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.3775–10.4775/bu+0.05−5–+5¢/BuMarch (H)12.0535
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3275–10.5275/bu—−10–+10¢/BuMarch (H)12.1075
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3275–10.5275/bu+0.05−10–+10¢/BuMarch (H)12.0825
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2625/bu+0.10−13¢/BuNovember (X)11.8400
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6075/bu+0.05+18¢/BuMarch (H)12.3775
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9625–10.0625/bu+0.10−43–−33¢/BuNovember (X)11.5825
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3075–10.3975/bu+0.05−12–−3¢/BuMarch (H)12.0375
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9925–10.1425/bu+0.10−40–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.6000
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3275–10.4275/bu+0.05−10–0¢/BuMarch (H)12.1175
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7025–10.1425/bu+0.10−69–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.2940
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0575–10.6975/bu+0.05−37–+27¢/BuMarch (H)11.9975
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8325–9.9425/bu+0.11−56–−45¢/BuNovember (X)11.4650
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9275–10.0575/bu+0.05−50–−37¢/BuMarch (H)11.6825
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8925–9.9925/bu+0.10−50–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.4713
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0275–10.1775/bu+0.05−40–−25¢/BuMarch (H)11.7700
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8825–10.0425/bu+0.10−51–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.4680
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9775–10.1775/bu+0.03−45–−25¢/BuMarch (H)11.7855
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8825–10.0125/bu+0.10−51–−38¢/BuNovember (X)11.5033
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1475–10.3675/bu+0.05−28–−6¢/BuMarch (H)11.9804
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9925/bu+0.10−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.4733
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1775–10.1875/bu+0.05−25–−24¢/BuMarch (H)11.7575

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2850–5.3350/bu—−40–−35¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2850/bu—−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1850–5.2350/bu—−50–−45¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.5200/bu+0.01+5¢/BuMarch (H)5.7500

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4300/bu+0.00−14¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6400
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8475/bu+0.04+6¢/BuMarch (H)4.6225
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1700–4.2500/bu+0.00−40–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4260
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6175–4.6675/bu+0.04−17–−12¢/BuMarch (H)4.3042
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2200–4.2700/bu+0.00−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5000
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6975–4.7275/bu+0.07−9–−6¢/BuMarch (H)4.4025
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8600–4.3200/bu+0.00−71–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1975
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3175–4.9675/bu+0.04−47–+18¢/BuMarch (H)4.2625
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1700–4.2700/bu+0.00−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4400
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3475–4.5875/bu+0.04−44–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.1854
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1500–4.2200/bu+0.00−42–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3850
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3875–4.5475/bu+0.04−40–−24¢/BuMarch (H)4.0975
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0900–4.3200/bu+0.00−48–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3731
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3975–4.6175/bu+0.01−39–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.1813
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0400–4.2200/bu+0.00−53–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3433
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4975–4.6875/bu+0.04−29–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.2600
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1700/bu+0.00−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3875
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5875–4.6575/bu+0.04−20–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.1625
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0700–4.2200/bu+0.05−50–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3214
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3675–4.5175/bu+0.04−42–−27¢/BuMarch (H)4.1311
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.6375–4.7875/bu+0.04−15–0¢/BuMarch (H)4.3575
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.7375–4.7475/bu—−5–−4¢/BuMarch (H)—
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.7375–4.7475/bu+0.04−5–−4¢/BuMarch (H)4.4025
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.