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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Thu, Feb 20
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4525/bu+0.10−16¢/BuNovember (X)11.2600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4250/bu+0.14−3¢/BuMarch (H)11.7675
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1825–10.2825/bu+0.10−43–−33¢/BuNovember (X)11.0425
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1750–10.3550/bu+0.14−28–−10¢/BuMarch (H)11.4625
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2625–10.3625/bu+0.10−35–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.0500
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2750–10.3750/bu+0.14−18–−8¢/BuMarch (H)11.4950
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8825–10.3625/bu+0.10−73–−25¢/BuNovember (X)10.8020
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9250–10.5550/bu+0.14−53–+10¢/BuMarch (H)11.3835
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0525–10.2125/bu+0.10−56–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.9300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8050–10.0350/bu+0.14−65–−42¢/BuMarch (H)11.1075
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1625–10.3625/bu+0.10−45–−25¢/BuNovember (X)10.9313
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0250–10.2550/bu+0.14−43–−20¢/BuMarch (H)11.2350
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1025–10.2625/bu+0.10−51–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.9311
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9750–10.1850/bu+0.14−48–−27¢/BuMarch (H)11.2200
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9725–10.2125/bu+0.10−64–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.9567
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9750–10.2350/bu+0.14−48–−22¢/BuMarch (H)11.3718
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2125/bu+0.10−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.9667
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2050–10.2350/bu+0.14−25–−22¢/BuMarch (H)11.2325
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9125–10.2625/bu+0.10−70–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.8514
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8550–10.3050/bu+0.19−60–−15¢/BuMarch (H)11.2518
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.2550–10.5450/bu+0.14−20–+9¢/BuMarch (H)11.5315
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3550–10.4050/bu+0.14−10–−5¢/BuMarch (H)11.5525
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3550/bu+0.14−10¢/BuMarch (H)11.5525

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7400–5.7900/bu+0.06−40–−35¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7400/bu+0.06−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6400–5.6900/bu+0.06−50–−45¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.8050–5.8550/bu+0.07−5–0¢/BuMarch (H)5.8325

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6150/bu+0.03−18¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4225
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0100/bu+0.01+3¢/BuMarch (H)4.2100
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3950–4.4750/bu+0.03−40–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2025
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8400–4.9200/bu+0.01−14–−6¢/BuMarch (H)3.9600
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4950/bu+0.03−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2575
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8800–5.0200/bu+0.01−10–+4¢/BuMarch (H)4.0150
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0650–4.6450/bu+0.03−73–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0150
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5200–5.1800/bu+0.01−46–+20¢/BuMarch (H)3.8460
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3950–4.4950/bu+0.03−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2058
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5200–4.7800/bu+0.01−46–−20¢/BuMarch (H)3.8914
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3750–4.4450/bu+0.03−42–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1738
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6300–4.7600/bu+0.01−35–−22¢/BuMarch (H)3.7988
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3350–4.5450/bu+0.03−46–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1569
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6200–4.8100/bu+0.01−36–−17¢/BuMarch (H)3.8656
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2450–4.5850/bu+0.03−55–−21¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1292
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6200–4.8400/bu+0.01−36–−14¢/BuMarch (H)3.9088
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3950/bu+0.03−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1950
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7800–4.8300/bu+0.01−20–−15¢/BuMarch (H)3.8580
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2750–4.4450/bu+0.03−52–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1182
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5800–4.7500/bu+0.05−40–−23¢/BuMarch (H)3.8257
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.8300–4.9600/bu+0.01−15–−2¢/BuMarch (H)4.0533
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.8800–5.0400/bu+0.01−10–+6¢/BuMarch (H)4.0300
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.8800–5.0100/bu+0.01−10–+3¢/BuMarch (H)3.8350
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.