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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Tue, Feb 18
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4200/bu+0.06−16¢/BuNovember (X)11.4875
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3550/bu+0.03−3¢/BuMarch (H)12.0800
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1500–10.2500/bu+0.06−43–−33¢/BuNovember (X)11.2700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1050–10.2050/bu+0.03−28–−18¢/BuMarch (H)11.7750
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2300–10.3300/bu+0.06−35–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.2750
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1850–10.2850/bu+0.03−20–−10¢/BuMarch (H)11.8150
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8500–10.3300/bu+0.06−73–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.0295
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8550–10.4850/bu+0.03−53–+10¢/BuMarch (H)11.7120
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0200–10.1800/bu+0.05−56–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.1525
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7350–9.9350/bu+0.06−65–−45¢/BuMarch (H)11.4217
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1300–10.3300/bu+0.06−45–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.1488
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9550–10.1850/bu+0.03−43–−20¢/BuMarch (H)11.5450
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0700–10.2300/bu+0.06−51–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.1595
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9050–10.1150/bu+0.03−48–−27¢/BuMarch (H)11.5331
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9400–10.1800/bu+0.06−64–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.1842
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9050–10.1650/bu+0.03−48–−22¢/BuMarch (H)11.6971
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1800/bu+0.06−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.1942
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1350–10.1550/bu+0.03−25–−23¢/BuMarch (H)11.5450
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8800–10.2300/bu+0.06−70–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.0789
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7350–10.2350/bu+0.03−65–−15¢/BuMarch (H)11.5486
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.1850–10.4750/bu+0.03−20–+9¢/BuMarch (H)11.8700
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2850–10.3350/bu—−10–−5¢/BuMarch (H)11.8650
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2850/bu+0.08−10¢/BuMarch (H)11.8650

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9000–5.9500/bu+0.05−40–−35¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9000/bu+0.05−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8000–5.8500/bu+0.05−50–−45¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.9975–6.0475/bu+0.05−5–0¢/BuMarch (H)5.8275

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5950/bu+0.05−18¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5200
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0700/bu+0.06+5¢/BuMarch (H)4.3475
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3750–4.4550/bu+0.05−40–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3000
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8800–4.9200/bu+0.06−14–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.0675
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4750/bu+0.05−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3550
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9200–5.0200/bu+0.06−10–0¢/BuMarch (H)4.1225
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0450–4.6250/bu+0.05−73–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1125
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5800–5.2200/bu+0.06−44–+20¢/BuMarch (H)3.9915
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3750–4.4750/bu+0.05−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3060
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5600–4.8000/bu+0.06−46–−22¢/BuMarch (H)3.9946
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3550–4.4250/bu+0.05−42–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2613
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6700–4.8000/bu+0.06−35–−22¢/BuMarch (H)3.9113
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3150–4.5250/bu+0.05−46–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2544
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6600–4.8200/bu+0.06−36–−20¢/BuMarch (H)3.9906
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2250–4.5650/bu+0.05−55–−21¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2183
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6600–4.8900/bu+0.06−36–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.0363
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3750/bu+0.05−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2925
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8200–4.8700/bu+0.06−20–−15¢/BuMarch (H)3.9815
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2550–4.4250/bu+0.05−52–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2157
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5800–4.7800/bu+0.06−44–−24¢/BuMarch (H)3.9432
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.8700–5.0000/bu+0.06−15–−2¢/BuMarch (H)4.1675
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.9200–5.0800/bu—−10–+6¢/BuMarch (H)4.2875
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.9200–5.0500/bu+0.06−10–+3¢/BuMarch (H)4.1125
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.