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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Mon, Mar 17
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5350–9.8450/bu+0.04−62–−31¢/BuMay (K)11.4925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6350–9.7850/bu+0.01−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.3530
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7350–9.8850/bu+0.01−45–−30¢/BuNovember (X)11.4163
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7550–9.9650/bu+0.05−40–−19¢/BuMay (K)11.6246
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6750–9.8350/bu+0.01−51–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.3819
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6850–9.8250/bu+0.01−47–−33¢/BuMay (K)11.5900
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5350–9.7850/bu+0.01−65–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.3633
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7050–10.0750/bu+0.06−45–−8¢/BuMay (K)11.7275
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0250/bu+0.01−16¢/BuNovember (X)11.6350
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2750/bu+0.01+12¢/BuMay (K)12.1075
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7350–9.8550/bu+0.01−45–−33¢/BuNovember (X)11.4925
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8750–10.1050/bu+0.01−28–−5¢/BuMay (K)11.8092
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8350–9.9350/bu+0.01−35–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.5050
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0250–10.0550/bu+0.01−13–−10¢/BuMay (K)11.8475
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4550–9.9350/bu+0.01−73–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.2330
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7050–10.3150/bu+0.06−45–+16¢/BuMay (K)11.7475
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7850/bu+0.01−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.4217
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8050/bu+0.01−35¢/BuMay (K)11.5925
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4850–9.8350/bu+0.01−70–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.3293
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5850–9.8750/bu+0.01−57–−28¢/BuMay (K)11.6018
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.0550–10.3050/bu+0.06−10–+15¢/BuMay (K)11.9115
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0550–10.1050/bu—−10–−5¢/BuMay (K)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0050–10.1050/bu+0.01−15–−5¢/BuMay (K)11.8775

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5000–5.5500/bu+0.12−35–−30¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4500/bu+0.12−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3500–5.4000/bu+0.12−50–−45¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.5850–5.6850/bu+0.12−10–0¢/BuMay (K)5.5275

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3600/bu+0.03−18¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5475
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6600/bu+0.03+5¢/BuMay (K)4.5100
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1400–4.2200/bu+0.03−40–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3775
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3600–4.4100/bu+0.03−25–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.2600
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2400/bu+0.03−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4450
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4100–4.4700/bu+0.03−20–−14¢/BuMay (K)4.2975
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8100–4.2900/bu+0.03−73–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2195
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1600–4.7100/bu+0.04−45–+10¢/BuMay (K)4.0875
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1400–4.2400/bu+0.03−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3892
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1700–4.4400/bu+0.03−44–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.1143
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1200–4.1900/bu+0.03−42–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3338
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2500–4.3600/bu+0.15−36–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.0600
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1000–4.2900/bu+0.03−44–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3331
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2300–4.4100/bu+0.03−38–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.0775
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9900–4.3400/bu+0.03−55–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2808
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1600–4.5000/bu+0.03−45–−11¢/BuMay (K)4.1775
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1400/bu+0.03−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3575
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3200–4.4100/bu+0.03−29–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.0420
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0200–4.1900/bu+0.03−52–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3061
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1500–4.2700/bu+0.04−46–−34¢/BuMay (K)4.0857
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4100–4.5700/bu+0.09−20–−4¢/BuMay (K)4.2533
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.5100–4.6100/bu—−10–0¢/BuMay (K)—
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3600–4.6100/bu+0.03−25–0¢/BuMay (K)4.2000
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.