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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Fri, Mar 14
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0200/bu+0.06−16¢/BuNovember (X)11.7375
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2800/bu+0.09+12¢/BuMay (K)12.2125
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7300–9.8500/bu+0.06−45–−33¢/BuNovember (X)11.5950
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8800–10.1100/bu+0.05−28–−5¢/BuMay (K)11.9358
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8300–9.9300/bu+0.06−35–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.6075
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0300–10.0600/bu+0.09−13–−10¢/BuMay (K)11.9550
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4500–9.9300/bu+0.06−73–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.3355
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7600–10.3200/bu+0.07−40–+16¢/BuMay (K)11.8505
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6300–9.7800/bu+0.06−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.4555
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5700–9.8500/bu+0.05−59–−31¢/BuMay (K)11.6075
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7300–9.8800/bu+0.06−45–−30¢/BuNovember (X)11.5188
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7100–9.9700/bu+0.05−45–−19¢/BuMay (K)11.7182
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6700–9.8300/bu+0.06−51–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.4844
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6900–9.8300/bu+0.05−47–−33¢/BuMay (K)11.6919
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5300–9.7800/bu+0.06−65–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.4658
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7600–10.0800/bu+0.10−40–−8¢/BuMay (K)11.8311
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7800/bu+0.06−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.5242
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8100/bu+0.05−35¢/BuMay (K)11.6975
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4800–9.8300/bu+0.06−70–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.4318
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5900–9.8600/bu+0.05−57–−30¢/BuMay (K)11.7182
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9925–10.3100/bu+0.030–+15¢/BuMarch (H)12.0165
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0100–10.1100/bu+0.05−15–−5¢/BuMay (K)11.9825
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0100–10.1100/bu+0.05−15–−5¢/BuMay (K)11.9825

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3800–5.4300/bu+0.05−35–−30¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3300/bu+0.05−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2300–5.2800/bu+0.05−50–−45¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.4700–5.5700/bu+0.06−10–0¢/BuMay (K)5.3850

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3300/bu+0.01−18¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5475
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6350/bu+0.07+5¢/BuMay (K)4.5175
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1100–4.1900/bu+0.01−40–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3775
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3350–4.3850/bu+0.07−25–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.2675
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2100/bu+0.01−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4450
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3850–4.4550/bu+0.07−20–−13¢/BuMay (K)4.3050
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7800–4.2600/bu+0.01−73–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2195
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1250–4.6850/bu+0.07−46–+10¢/BuMay (K)4.0950
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1100–4.2100/bu+0.01−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3892
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1450–4.3250/bu+0.07−44–−26¢/BuMay (K)4.1204
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0900–4.1600/bu+0.01−42–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3325
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1050–4.3350/bu+0.08−35–−25¢/BuMarch (H)4.0538
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0700–4.2600/bu+0.01−44–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3331
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2050–4.3850/bu+0.07−38–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.0844
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9600–4.3100/bu+0.01−55–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2808
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1350–4.4750/bu+0.06−45–−11¢/BuMay (K)4.1888
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1100/bu+0.01−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3575
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2950–4.3650/bu+0.07−29–−22¢/BuMay (K)4.0495
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9900–4.1600/bu+0.01−52–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3061
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1150–4.2250/bu+0.08−34–−36¢/BuMarch (H)4.0932
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3250–4.5050/bu+0.07−26–−8¢/BuMay (K)4.2608
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3350–4.5850/bu+0.07−25–0¢/BuMay (K)4.2975
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3350–4.5850/bu+0.07−25–0¢/BuMay (K)4.2075
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.