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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Mon, Feb 24
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3575/bu+0.08−16¢/BuNovember (X)11.1975
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2600/bu+0.11−3¢/BuMarch (H)11.6500
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0875–10.1875/bu+0.08−43–−33¢/BuNovember (X)10.9900
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0100–10.1400/bu+0.11−28–−15¢/BuMarch (H)11.3617
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1675–10.2675/bu+0.08−35–−25¢/BuNovember (X)10.9975
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1100–10.2900/bu+0.11−18–0¢/BuMarch (H)11.3900
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7875–10.2675/bu+0.08−73–−25¢/BuNovember (X)10.7495
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7600–10.3900/bu+0.11−53–+10¢/BuMarch (H)11.2840
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9675–10.1175/bu+0.08−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.8455
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7300–9.9100/bu+0.04−56–−38¢/BuMarch (H)11.0167
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0675–10.1675/bu+0.08−45–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.8850
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8600–10.0900/bu+0.11−43–−20¢/BuMarch (H)11.1200
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0075–10.1675/bu+0.08−51–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.8784
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8400–10.0200/bu+0.10−45–−27¢/BuMarch (H)11.1019
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8775–10.1175/bu+0.08−64–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.9042
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8100–10.0700/bu+0.11−48–−22¢/BuMarch (H)11.2614
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1175/bu+0.08−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.9142
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0400–10.0700/bu+0.11−25–−22¢/BuMarch (H)11.1275
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8175–10.1675/bu+0.08−70–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.7989
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7300–10.0900/bu+0.07−56–−20¢/BuMarch (H)11.1571
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.1400–10.3400/bu+0.11−15–+5¢/BuMarch (H)11.4140
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2400–10.2900/bu+0.11−5–0¢/BuMarch (H)11.4350
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1900–10.2900/bu+0.11−10–0¢/BuMarch (H)11.4350

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6800–5.7300/bu+0.09−40–−35¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6800/bu+0.09−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5800–5.6300/bu+0.09−50–−45¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.7400–5.7900/bu+0.11−5–0¢/BuMarch (H)5.7725

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5275/bu+0.04−18¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8550/bu+0.09+3¢/BuMarch (H)4.2500
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3075–4.3875/bu+0.04−40–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2400
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7050–4.7650/bu+0.09−12–−6¢/BuMarch (H)3.9700
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4075/bu+0.04−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2950
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7250–4.8250/bu+0.09−10–0¢/BuMarch (H)4.0500
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9775–4.5575/bu+0.04−73–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0525
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3650–5.0250/bu+0.09−46–+20¢/BuMarch (H)3.8940
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3075–4.4075/bu+0.04−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2517
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3850–4.6250/bu+0.07−44–−20¢/BuMarch (H)3.9157
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2875–4.3575/bu+0.04−42–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2113
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4750–4.6450/bu+0.09−35–−18¢/BuMarch (H)3.8088
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2675–4.4575/bu+0.02−44–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1975
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4650–4.6550/bu+0.09−36–−17¢/BuMarch (H)3.8756
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1575–4.4975/bu+0.04−55–−21¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1667
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4650–4.6750/bu+0.09−36–−15¢/BuMarch (H)3.9238
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3075/bu+0.04−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2325
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6250–4.6750/bu+0.09−20–−15¢/BuMarch (H)3.8880
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1875–4.3575/bu+0.04−52–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1557
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4250–4.5950/bu+0.09−40–−23¢/BuMarch (H)3.8429
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.6750–4.8350/bu+0.09−15–+1¢/BuMarch (H)4.0500
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.7250–4.8850/bu+0.09−10–+6¢/BuMarch (H)4.0400
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.7250–4.8850/bu+0.09−10–+6¢/BuMarch (H)3.8450
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.