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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Thu, Feb 27
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2575/bu+0.04−16¢/BuNovember (X)11.2225
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0775/bu+0.14−15¢/BuMarch (H)11.5925
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9875–10.0875/bu+0.04−43–−33¢/BuNovember (X)11.0200
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0775–10.2275/bu+0.02−15–0¢/BuMarch (H)11.3008
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0675–10.1675/bu+0.04−35–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.0325
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0875–10.2075/bu+0.02−14–−2¢/BuMarch (H)11.3425
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6875–10.1675/bu+0.04−73–−25¢/BuNovember (X)10.7845
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7475–10.4775/bu+0.02−48–+25¢/BuMarch (H)11.2185
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8675–10.0175/bu+0.04−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.8825
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6975–9.8275/bu+0.02−53–−40¢/BuMarch (H)10.9525
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9675–10.0675/bu+0.04−45–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.9200
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8275–10.0275/bu+0.02−40–−20¢/BuMarch (H)11.0763
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9075–10.0675/bu+0.04−51–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.9403
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7275–10.0075/bu+0.07−50–−22¢/BuMarch (H)11.0869
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7775–10.0175/bu+0.04−64–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.9325
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7975–10.0775/bu+0.02−43–−15¢/BuMarch (H)11.2389
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0175/bu+0.04−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.9492
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8775–9.9775/bu+0.12−35–−25¢/BuMarch (H)11.0688
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7175–10.0675/bu+0.04−70–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.8339
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6675–9.9875/bu+0.02−56–−24¢/BuMarch (H)11.0825
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.0375–10.3775/bu+0.06−19–+15¢/BuMarch (H)11.3635
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1775–10.2275/bu+0.02−5–0¢/BuMarch (H)11.3700
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1275–10.2275/bu+0.02−10–0¢/BuMarch (H)11.3700

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3675–5.4175/bu+0.17−40–−35¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3675/bu+0.17−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2675–5.3175/bu+0.17−50–−45¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.4175–5.4675/bu+0.19−5–0¢/BuMarch (H)5.8000

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4375/bu+0.05−18¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5225
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5175/bu+0.29−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.3975
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2175–4.2975/bu+0.05−40–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3025
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5375–4.5975/bu+0.13−11–−5¢/BuMarch (H)4.1508
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3175/bu+0.05−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3525
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5475–4.6575/bu+0.14−10–+1¢/BuMarch (H)4.2075
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8875–4.4675/bu+0.05−73–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1150
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2175–4.7275/bu+0.14−43–+8¢/BuMarch (H)4.0095
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2175–4.3175/bu+0.05−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3142
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2075–4.4475/bu+0.16−44–−20¢/BuMarch (H)3.9868
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1975–4.2675/bu+0.05−42–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2738
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2975–4.4675/bu+0.14−35–−18¢/BuMarch (H)3.9316
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1775–4.3675/bu+0.05−44–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2600
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2675–4.4775/bu+0.16−38–−17¢/BuMarch (H)3.9720
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0675–4.4075/bu+0.05−55–−21¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2208
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2875–4.5475/bu+0.14−36–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.0891
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2175/bu+0.05−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2825
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3275–4.4675/bu+0.26−32–−18¢/BuMarch (H)3.9630
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0975–4.2675/bu+0.05−52–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2182
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2475–4.4375/bu+0.14−40–−21¢/BuMarch (H)3.9668
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3675–4.5975/bu+0.27−28–−5¢/BuMarch (H)4.1483
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.5475–4.7075/bu+0.14−10–+6¢/BuMarch (H)4.1275
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.5475–4.7075/bu+0.14−10–+6¢/BuMarch (H)4.0600
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.