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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Thu, Jan 16
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6900–9.8200/bu+0.24−50–−37¢/BuMarch (H)11.7600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6475–9.7575/bu+0.19−56–−45¢/BuNovember (X)11.4875
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7075–9.8075/bu+0.19−50–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.4838
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7900–9.9400/bu+0.24−40–−25¢/BuMarch (H)11.8375
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6975–9.8575/bu+0.19−51–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.4909
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7400–9.9400/bu+0.24−45–−25¢/BuMarch (H)11.8603
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0775/bu+0.19−13¢/BuNovember (X)11.8625
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3700/bu+0.24+18¢/BuMarch (H)12.4450
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7775–9.8775/bu+0.19−43–−33¢/BuNovember (X)11.6050
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0700–10.1600/bu+0.24−12–−3¢/BuMarch (H)12.1150
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8075–9.9575/bu+0.19−40–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.6225
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0900–10.1900/bu+0.24−10–0¢/BuMarch (H)12.1850
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5175–9.9575/bu+0.19−69–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.3165
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8200–10.4600/bu+0.24−37–+27¢/BuMarch (H)12.0790
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6975–9.8275/bu+0.19−51–−38¢/BuNovember (X)11.5258
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9100–10.1300/bu+0.24−28–−6¢/BuMarch (H)12.0593
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8075/bu+0.19−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.4958
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9400–9.9500/bu+0.24−25–−24¢/BuMarch (H)11.8425
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5075–9.8575/bu+0.19−70–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.4182
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7400–9.9200/bu+0.24−45–−27¢/BuMarch (H)11.8521
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.1400–10.2400/bu+0.24−5–+5¢/BuMarch (H)12.1710
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0900–10.2900/bu+0.24−10–+10¢/BuMarch (H)12.1850
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0900–10.2900/bu+0.24−10–+10¢/BuMarch (H)12.1600

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1950–5.2450/bu+0.09−40–−35¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1950/bu+0.09−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0950–5.1450/bu+0.09−50–−45¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.4250/bu+0.10+5¢/BuMarch (H)5.7800

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3875/bu+0.04−14¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6975
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8050/bu+0.04+6¢/BuMarch (H)4.6500
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1275–4.2075/bu+0.04−40–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4275
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5750–4.6250/bu+0.04−17–−12¢/BuMarch (H)4.3267
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1775–4.2275/bu+0.04−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5075
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6550–4.6850/bu+0.04−9–−6¢/BuMarch (H)4.4325
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8175–4.2775/bu+0.04−71–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2050
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2850–4.9250/bu+0.03−46–+18¢/BuMarch (H)4.2920
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1275–4.1775/bu+0.04−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4475
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3050–4.5450/bu+0.04−44–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.2057
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1075–4.1775/bu+0.04−42–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3825
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3450–4.5050/bu+0.04−40–−24¢/BuMarch (H)4.1043
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0475–4.2775/bu+0.04−48–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3800
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3650–4.5750/bu+0.03−38–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.2025
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9975–4.1775/bu+0.04−53–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3508
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4550–4.5950/bu+0.04−29–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.2975
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1275/bu+0.04−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3950
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5450–4.6150/bu+0.04−20–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.1860
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0275–4.1775/bu+0.04−50–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3289
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3150–4.4750/bu+0.05−43–−27¢/BuMarch (H)4.1586
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.5950–4.7450/bu+0.04−15–0¢/BuMarch (H)4.3850
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.6950–4.7050/bu+0.04−5–−4¢/BuMarch (H)—
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.6950–4.7050/bu+0.04−5–−4¢/BuMarch (H)4.4200
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.