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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Wed, Feb 19
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3525/bu+0.07−16¢/BuNovember (X)11.3675
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2875/bu+0.07−3¢/BuMarch (H)11.8975
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0825–10.1825/bu+0.07−43–−33¢/BuNovember (X)11.1500
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0375–10.1675/bu+0.07−28–−15¢/BuMarch (H)11.5925
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1625–10.2625/bu+0.07−35–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.1575
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1375–10.2375/bu+0.05−18–−8¢/BuMarch (H)11.6300
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7825–10.2625/bu+0.07−73–−25¢/BuNovember (X)10.9095
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7875–10.4175/bu+0.07−53–+10¢/BuMarch (H)11.5215
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9525–10.1125/bu+0.07−56–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.0325
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6675–9.8775/bu+0.07−65–−44¢/BuMarch (H)11.2375
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0625–10.2625/bu+0.07−45–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.0288
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8875–10.1175/bu+0.07−43–−20¢/BuMarch (H)11.3550
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0025–10.1625/bu+0.07−51–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.0384
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8375–10.0475/bu+0.07−48–−27¢/BuMarch (H)11.3506
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8725–10.1125/bu+0.07−64–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.0642
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8375–10.0975/bu+0.07−48–−22¢/BuMarch (H)11.5046
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1125/bu+0.07−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.0742
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0675–10.0975/bu+0.07−25–−22¢/BuMarch (H)11.3625
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8125–10.1625/bu+0.07−70–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.9589
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6675–10.1675/bu+0.07−65–−15¢/BuMarch (H)11.3675
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.1175–10.4075/bu+0.07−20–+9¢/BuMarch (H)11.6895
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2175–10.2675/bu+0.07−10–−5¢/BuMarch (H)11.6825
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2175/bu+0.07−10¢/BuMarch (H)11.6825

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7975–5.8475/bu+0.10−40–−35¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7975/bu+0.10−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6975–5.7475/bu+0.10−50–−45¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.8700–5.9200/bu+0.13−5–0¢/BuMarch (H)5.8325

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5850/bu+0.01−18¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4625
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0050/bu+0.07+3¢/BuMarch (H)4.2700
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3650–4.4450/bu+0.01−40–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2425
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8350–4.9050/bu+0.05−14–−7¢/BuMarch (H)3.9900
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4650/bu+0.01−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2975
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8750–4.9750/bu+0.05−10–0¢/BuMarch (H)4.0575
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0350–4.6150/bu+0.01−73–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0550
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5250–5.1750/bu+0.06−45–+20¢/BuMarch (H)3.9020
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3650–4.4650/bu+0.01−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2485
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5150–4.7550/bu+0.05−46–−22¢/BuMarch (H)3.9329
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3450–4.4150/bu+0.01−42–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2038
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6250–4.7550/bu+0.05−35–−22¢/BuMarch (H)3.8313
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3050–4.5150/bu+0.01−46–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1969
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6150–4.7750/bu+0.05−36–−20¢/BuMarch (H)3.9156
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2150–4.5550/bu+0.01−55–−21¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1692
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6150–4.8350/bu+0.05−36–−14¢/BuMarch (H)3.9563
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3650/bu+0.01−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2350
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7750–4.8250/bu+0.05−20–−15¢/BuMarch (H)3.9080
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2450–4.4150/bu+0.01−52–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1582
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5350–4.7450/bu+0.05−44–−23¢/BuMarch (H)3.8700
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.8250–4.9550/bu+0.05−15–−2¢/BuMarch (H)4.0933
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.8750–5.0350/bu+0.05−10–+6¢/BuMarch (H)4.2100
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.8750–5.0050/bu+0.05−10–+3¢/BuMarch (H)4.0350
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.