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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Fri, Jan 17
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1475/bu+0.07−13¢/BuNovember (X)11.8625
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4800/bu+0.11+14¢/BuMarch (H)12.4625
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8475–9.9475/bu+0.07−43–−33¢/BuNovember (X)11.6050
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1900–10.2900/bu+0.12−15–−5¢/BuMarch (H)12.1125
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8775–10.0275/bu+0.07−40–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.6225
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2400–10.3400/bu+0.15−10–0¢/BuMarch (H)12.1875
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5875–10.0275/bu+0.07−69–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.3165
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9700–10.6100/bu+0.15−37–+27¢/BuMarch (H)12.0825
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7175–9.8275/bu+0.07−56–−45¢/BuNovember (X)11.4875
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8200–9.9700/bu+0.13−52–−37¢/BuMarch (H)11.7558
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7775–9.8775/bu+0.07−50–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.4938
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9400–10.0900/bu+0.15−40–−25¢/BuMarch (H)11.8450
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7675–9.9275/bu+0.07−51–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.4906
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8900–10.0900/bu+0.15−45–−25¢/BuMarch (H)11.8572
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7675–9.8975/bu+0.07−51–−38¢/BuNovember (X)11.5258
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0600–10.2800/bu+0.15−28–−6¢/BuMarch (H)12.0611
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8775/bu+0.07−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.4958
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0900–10.1000/bu+0.15−25–−24¢/BuMarch (H)11.8400
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5775–9.9275/bu+0.07−70–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.4182
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8900–10.0400/bu+0.15−45–−30¢/BuMarch (H)11.8539
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.2900–10.3900/bu+0.15−5–+5¢/BuMarch (H)12.1685
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2400–10.4400/bu+0.15−10–+10¢/BuMarch (H)12.1825
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2400–10.4400/bu+0.15−10–+10¢/BuMarch (H)12.1575

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2050–5.2550/bu+0.01−40–−35¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2050/bu+0.01−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1050–5.1550/bu+0.01−50–−45¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.4375/bu+0.01+5¢/BuMarch (H)5.8575

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4200/bu+0.03−14¢/BuDecember (Z)4.7000
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9125/bu+0.11+7¢/BuMarch (H)4.6650
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1600–4.2400/bu+0.03−40–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6525–4.7225/bu+0.08−19–−12¢/BuMarch (H)4.3683
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2100–4.2600/bu+0.03−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4850
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7525–4.7825/bu+0.10−9–−6¢/BuMarch (H)4.4475
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8500–4.3100/bu+0.03−71–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2325
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3825–5.0525/bu+0.10−46–+21¢/BuMarch (H)4.3070
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1600–4.2100/bu+0.03−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4520
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4025–4.6425/bu+0.10−44–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.2293
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1400–4.2100/bu+0.03−42–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3950
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4425–4.5925/bu+0.10−40–−25¢/BuMarch (H)4.1363
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0800–4.3100/bu+0.03−48–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3825
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4625–4.6725/bu+0.10−38–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.2175
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0300–4.2100/bu+0.03−53–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3617
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5625–4.6925/bu+0.11−28–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.3200
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1600/bu+0.03−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3975
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6425–4.7125/bu+0.10−20–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.2010
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0600–4.2100/bu+0.03−50–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3314
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4125–4.5525/bu+0.10−43–−29¢/BuMarch (H)4.1921
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.6925–4.8425/bu+0.10−15–0¢/BuMarch (H)4.4050
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.7925–4.8025/bu+0.10−5–−4¢/BuMarch (H)—
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.7925–4.8025/bu+0.10−5–−4¢/BuMarch (H)4.4050
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.