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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Thu, Mar 13
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9575/bu+0.05−16¢/BuNovember (X)11.7000
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1875/bu+0.12+8¢/BuMay (K)12.1825
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6675–9.7875/bu+0.05−45–−33¢/BuNovember (X)11.5575
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8275–10.0575/bu+0.07−28–−5¢/BuMay (K)11.9025
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7675–9.8675/bu+0.05−35–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.5700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9375–10.0075/bu+0.08−17–−10¢/BuMay (K)11.9425
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3875–9.8675/bu+0.05−73–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.3120
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6875–10.2475/bu+0.11−42–+14¢/BuMay (K)11.8325
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5675–9.7175/bu+0.05−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.4180
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5175–9.6675/bu+0.10−59–−44¢/BuMay (K)11.5642
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6675–9.8175/bu+0.05−45–−30¢/BuNovember (X)11.4813
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6575–9.9175/bu+0.10−45–−19¢/BuMay (K)11.6854
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6075–9.7675/bu+0.05−51–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.4475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6375–9.7775/bu+0.10−47–−33¢/BuMay (K)11.6613
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4675–9.7175/bu+0.05−65–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.4400
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6575–9.9975/bu+0.10−45–−11¢/BuMay (K)11.7925
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7175/bu+0.05−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.4867
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7575/bu+0.13−35¢/BuMay (K)11.6675
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4175–9.7675/bu+0.05−70–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.3943
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5375–9.7975/bu+0.10−57–−31¢/BuMay (K)11.6896
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9675–10.2575/bu+0.090–+15¢/BuMarch (H)11.9965
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9575–10.0575/bu+0.10−15–−5¢/BuMay (K)11.9525
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9575–10.0575/bu+0.10−15–−5¢/BuMay (K)11.9525

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4325–5.4825/bu+0.09−35–−30¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3825/bu+0.09−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2825–5.3325/bu+0.09−50–−45¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.5250–5.6250/bu+0.09−10–0¢/BuMay (K)5.4225

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3425/bu+0.04−18¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7025/bu+0.07+5¢/BuMay (K)4.4875
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1225–4.2025/bu+0.04−40–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3475
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4025–4.4525/bu+0.05−25–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.2375
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2225/bu+0.04−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4150
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4525–4.5325/bu+0.05−20–−12¢/BuMay (K)4.2800
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7925–4.2725/bu+0.04−73–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1400
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1925–4.7525/bu+0.05−46–+10¢/BuMay (K)4.0625
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1225–4.2225/bu+0.04−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3592
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2125–4.3725/bu+0.05−44–−28¢/BuMay (K)4.0932
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1025–4.1725/bu+0.04−42–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3125
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1850–4.4025/bu+0.05−35–−25¢/BuMarch (H)4.0238
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0825–4.2725/bu+0.04−44–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3025
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2725–4.4225/bu+0.06−38–−23¢/BuMay (K)4.0538
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9725–4.3225/bu+0.04−55–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2592
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1925–4.5425/bu+0.05−46–−11¢/BuMay (K)4.1563
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1225/bu+0.04−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3275
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3625–4.4325/bu+0.06−29–−22¢/BuMay (K)4.0195
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0025–4.1725/bu+0.04−52–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2761
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1925–4.3025/bu+0.05−46–−35¢/BuMay (K)4.0589
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3925–4.5725/bu+0.05−26–−8¢/BuMay (K)4.2308
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4025–4.6525/bu+0.05−25–0¢/BuMay (K)4.2675
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4025–4.6525/bu+0.05−25–0¢/BuMay (K)4.1775
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.