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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Fri, Feb 28
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1350/bu+0.12−16¢/BuNovember (X)11.2875
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1075/bu+0.03−15¢/BuMay (K)11.7600
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8650–9.9650/bu+0.12−43–−33¢/BuNovember (X)11.0850
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9650–10.1150/bu+0.11−15–0¢/BuMarch (H)11.5233
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9450–10.0450/bu+0.12−35–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.0975
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9750–10.1575/bu+0.11−14–−10¢/BuMarch (H)11.5106
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5650–10.0450/bu+0.12−73–−25¢/BuNovember (X)10.8495
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7150–10.3650/bu+0.03−40–+25¢/BuMarch (H)11.4280
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7450–9.8950/bu+0.12−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.9455
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6050–9.8875/bu+0.09−51–−37¢/BuMarch (H)11.1388
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8450–9.9450/bu+0.12−45–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.9788
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7775–10.0575/bu+0.05−48–−20¢/BuMay (K)11.2233
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7850–9.9450/bu+0.12−51–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.9773
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6650–10.0375/bu+0.06−45–−22¢/BuMarch (H)11.2139
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6550–9.8950/bu+0.12−64–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.9975
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6850–10.1575/bu+0.11−43–−10¢/BuMarch (H)11.3854
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8950/bu+0.12−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.0142
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8650–9.9075/bu+0.01−25–−35¢/BuMarch (H)11.2025
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5950–9.9450/bu+0.12−70–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.9075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5550–9.8575/bu+0.11−56–−40¢/BuMarch (H)11.2454
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9650–10.3075/bu+0.07−15–+5¢/BuMarch (H)11.5440
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0650–10.1650/bu—−5–+5¢/BuMarch (H)11.4875
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0150–10.1650/bu+0.11−10–+5¢/BuMarch (H)11.4875

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2925–5.3425/bu+0.08−40–−35¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2925/bu+0.08−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1925–5.2425/bu+0.08−50–−45¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.3200–5.3700/bu+0.10−5–0¢/BuMarch (H)5.6275

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3700/bu+0.07−18¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4825
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5650/bu+0.05−13¢/BuMay (K)4.3725
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1500–4.2300/bu+0.07−40–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2625
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3050–4.4850/bu+0.23−23–−5¢/BuMarch (H)4.2008
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2500/bu+0.07−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3125
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5050–4.5950/bu+0.04−3–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.1738
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8200–4.4000/bu+0.07−73–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0750
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1850–4.6150/bu+0.03−35–+8¢/BuMarch (H)4.0755
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1500–4.2500/bu+0.07−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2742
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1150–4.3350/bu+0.09−42–−20¢/BuMarch (H)3.9725
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1300–4.2000/bu+0.07−42–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2400
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1850–4.4350/bu+0.11−35–−26¢/BuMarch (H)3.9339
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1100–4.3000/bu+0.07−44–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2200
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2150–4.3850/bu+0.05−32–−31¢/BuMarch (H)3.9338
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0000–4.3400/bu+0.07−55–−21¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1808
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1850–4.5650/bu+0.10−35–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.0489
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1500/bu+0.07−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2425
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3350–4.4150/bu+0.01−20–−28¢/BuMarch (H)3.9195
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0300–4.2000/bu+0.07−52–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1758
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1350–4.3050/bu+0.11−40–−23¢/BuMarch (H)3.9432
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4150–4.6150/bu+0.05−28–−8¢/BuMay (K)4.1367
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4350–4.4950/bu—−10–−4¢/BuMarch (H)4.1575
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4250–4.4350/bu+0.12−11–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.0325
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.