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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Fri, Jan 31
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7200–9.9700/bu+0.06−70–−45¢/BuMarch (H)11.4950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9500–10.0600/bu+0.03−56–−45¢/BuNovember (X)11.2850
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0100–10.1100/bu+0.03−50–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.2913
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9700–10.1700/bu+0.02−45–−25¢/BuMarch (H)11.6413
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0000–10.1600/bu+0.03−51–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.2875
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9600–10.1500/bu+0.02−46–−27¢/BuMarch (H)11.6183
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0000–10.1300/bu+0.03−51–−38¢/BuNovember (X)11.3233
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0900–10.3200/bu+0.05−33–−10¢/BuMarch (H)11.7893
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3500/bu+0.06−16¢/BuNovember (X)11.6400
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4700/bu+0.02+5¢/BuMarch (H)12.1050
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0800–10.1800/bu+0.03−43–−33¢/BuNovember (X)11.4025
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0600–10.3400/bu+0.13−36–−8¢/BuMarch (H)11.8250
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1100–10.2600/bu+0.03−40–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.4200
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1700–10.4200/bu+0.04−25–0¢/BuMarch (H)11.8750
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8200–10.2600/bu+0.03−69–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.1380
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9400–10.6600/bu+0.02−48–+24¢/BuMarch (H)11.8070
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1100/bu+0.03−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.3100
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1700–10.1800/bu+0.02−25–−24¢/BuMarch (H)11.6550
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8100–10.1600/bu+0.03−70–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.2229
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8200–9.9900/bu+0.02−60–−43¢/BuMarch (H)11.6236
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.2200–10.4200/bu+0.06−20–0¢/BuMarch (H)11.9630
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3200–10.3700/bu+0.07−10–−5¢/BuMarch (H)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3200/bu+0.02−10¢/BuMarch (H)11.9600

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4425–5.4925/bu+0.06−40–−35¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4425/bu+0.06−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3425–5.3925/bu+0.06−50–−45¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.5950–5.6450/bu+0.070–+5¢/BuMarch (H)5.9475

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4225/bu+0.08−18¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6475
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8200/bu+0.080¢/BuMarch (H)4.6075
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2025–4.2825/bu+0.04−40–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4375
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6500–4.6800/bu+0.08−17–−14¢/BuMarch (H)4.3358
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2525–4.3025/bu+0.04−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4925
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7300–4.7600/bu+0.09−9–−6¢/BuMarch (H)4.3900
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8925–4.3525/bu+0.04−71–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2450
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4800–5.0300/bu+0.11−34–+21¢/BuMarch (H)4.2975
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2025–4.3025/bu+0.04−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4575
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3200–4.6000/bu+0.09−50–−22¢/BuMarch (H)4.2275
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1825–4.2525/bu+0.04−42–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4025
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4200–4.5700/bu+0.08−40–−25¢/BuMarch (H)4.1488
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1225–4.3525/bu+0.04−48–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3894
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4500–4.6200/bu+0.08−37–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.2150
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0725–4.3925/bu+0.04−53–−21¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3625
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4700–4.6900/bu+0.08−35–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.3175
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2025/bu+0.04−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4175
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6200–4.6700/bu+0.08−20–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.2115
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1025–4.2525/bu+0.04−50–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3332
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3700–4.5300/bu+0.08−45–−29¢/BuMarch (H)4.1804
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.6700–4.7600/bu+0.03−15–−6¢/BuMarch (H)4.4208
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.8200/bu+0.080¢/BuMarch (H)—
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.7700–4.8000/bu+0.08−5–−2¢/BuMarch (H)4.3175
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.