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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Tue, Jan 28
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3450/bu+0.04−13¢/BuNovember (X)11.9125
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5000/bu—+5¢/BuMarch (H)12.5075
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0450–10.1450/bu+0.04−43–−33¢/BuNovember (X)11.6650
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2500–10.3700/bu+0.02−20–−8¢/BuMarch (H)12.1658
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0750–10.2250/bu+0.04−40–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.6825
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2700–10.4500/bu+0.04−18–0¢/BuMarch (H)12.2475
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7850–10.2250/bu+0.04−69–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.3745
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9700–10.6900/bu+0.03−48–+24¢/BuMarch (H)12.1875
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9150–10.0250/bu+0.04−56–−45¢/BuNovember (X)11.5475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8900–10.0800/bu—−56–−37¢/BuMarch (H)11.8125
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9750–10.0750/bu+0.04−50–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.5500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0000–10.2000/bu+0.01−45–−25¢/BuMarch (H)11.9500
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9650–10.1250/bu+0.04−51–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.5503
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9900–10.1800/bu—−46–−27¢/BuMarch (H)11.9308
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9650–10.0950/bu+0.04−51–−38¢/BuNovember (X)11.5875
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1500–10.3900/bu+0.02−30–−6¢/BuMarch (H)12.1561
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0750/bu+0.04−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.5725
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2000–10.2100/bu—−25–−24¢/BuMarch (H)11.9625
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7750–10.1250/bu+0.04−70–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.4868
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9400–10.1100/bu—−51–−34¢/BuMarch (H)11.9361
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.3000–10.4000/bu—−15–−5¢/BuMarch (H)12.2695
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4000–10.4700/bu—−5–+2¢/BuMarch (H)12.2375
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3500–10.4300/bu—−10–−2¢/BuMarch (H)12.2125

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3025–5.3525/bu+0.09−40–−35¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3025/bu+0.09−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2025–5.2525/bu+0.09−50–−45¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.4525–5.5025/bu+0.100–+5¢/BuMarch (H)6.0050

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4700/bu+0.03−14¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6925
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8525/bu+0.030¢/BuMarch (H)4.6675
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2100–4.2900/bu+0.03−40–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4725
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6625–4.7125/bu+0.03−19–−14¢/BuMarch (H)4.4158
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2600–4.3100/bu+0.03−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5275
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7725–4.8225/bu+0.04−8–−3¢/BuMarch (H)4.4600
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9000–4.3600/bu+0.03−71–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2475
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3225–5.0625/bu+0.03−53–+21¢/BuMarch (H)4.3415
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2100–4.3100/bu+0.03−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4925
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4125–4.6525/bu+0.03−44–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.2832
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1900–4.2600/bu+0.03−42–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4375
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4325–4.6025/bu+0.03−42–−25¢/BuMarch (H)4.1963
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1300–4.3600/bu+0.03−48–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4244
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4825–4.6525/bu+0.03−37–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.2525
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0800–4.2600/bu+0.03−53–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4008
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5025–4.7025/bu+0.04−35–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.3638
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2100/bu+0.03−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4525
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6525–4.7025/bu+0.03−20–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.2515
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1100–4.2600/bu+0.03−50–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3882
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4125–4.5625/bu+0.03−44–−29¢/BuMarch (H)4.2289
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.7025–4.8525/bu+0.03−15–0¢/BuMarch (H)4.4408
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.8525/bu+0.030¢/BuMarch (H)—
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.8025–4.8325/bu+0.03−5–−2¢/BuMarch (H)4.3875
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.