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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Tue, Mar 18
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9950/bu+0.03−16¢/BuNovember (X)11.6425
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3175/bu+0.04+19¢/BuMay (K)12.0850
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7050–9.8250/bu+0.03−45–−33¢/BuNovember (X)11.5000
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8975–9.9975/bu+0.02−23–−13¢/BuMay (K)11.7733
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8050–9.9050/bu+0.03−35–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.5125
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9775–10.0275/bu+0.05−15–−10¢/BuMay (K)11.8200
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4250–9.9050/bu+0.03−73–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.2405
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6775–10.2875/bu+0.03−45–+16¢/BuMay (K)11.7110
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6050–9.7550/bu+0.03−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.3605
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5375–9.8175/bu+0.00−59–−31¢/BuMay (K)11.4417
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7050–9.8550/bu+0.03−45–−30¢/BuNovember (X)11.4238
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7275–9.9375/bu+0.03−40–−19¢/BuMay (K)11.6021
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6450–9.8050/bu+0.03−51–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.3889
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6575–9.7975/bu+0.03−47–−33¢/BuMay (K)11.5700
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5050–9.7550/bu+0.03−65–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.3708
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6775–10.0475/bu+0.03−45–−8¢/BuMay (K)11.6921
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7550/bu+0.03−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.4292
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7775/bu+0.03−35¢/BuMay (K)11.5700
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4550–9.8050/bu+0.03−70–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.3368
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5575–9.8375/bu+0.03−57–−29¢/BuMay (K)11.5807
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.0275–10.2775/bu+0.03−10–+15¢/BuMay (K)11.8890
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0275–10.0775/bu+0.03−10–−5¢/BuMay (K)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9775–10.0775/bu+0.03−15–−5¢/BuMay (K)11.8550

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4700–5.5200/bu+0.03−35–−30¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4200/bu+0.03−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3200–5.3700/bu+0.03−50–−45¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.5500–5.6500/bu+0.04−10–0¢/BuMay (K)5.6250

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3625/bu+0.00−18¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5725
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6475/bu+0.01+6¢/BuMay (K)4.5550
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1425–4.2225/bu+0.00−40–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4025
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3375–4.3875/bu+0.02−25–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.2950
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2425/bu+0.00−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3875–4.4375/bu+0.02−20–−15¢/BuMay (K)4.3250
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8125–4.2925/bu+0.00−73–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2445
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1375–4.6875/bu+0.02−45–+10¢/BuMay (K)4.1150
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1425–4.2425/bu+0.00−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4142
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1475–4.4175/bu+0.02−44–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.1507
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1225–4.1925/bu+0.00−42–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3688
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2275–4.3375/bu+0.02−36–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.0950
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1025–4.2925/bu+0.00−44–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3563
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2075–4.3875/bu+0.02−38–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.1125
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9925–4.3425/bu+0.00−55–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3058
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1375–4.4775/bu+0.02−45–−11¢/BuMay (K)4.2075
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1425/bu+0.00−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3825
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2975–4.3875/bu+0.02−29–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.0830
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0225–4.1925/bu+0.00−52–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3311
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1275–4.2675/bu+0.02−46–−32¢/BuMay (K)4.1164
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3875–4.5475/bu+0.02−20–−4¢/BuMay (K)4.2883
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4875–4.5875/bu+0.02−10–0¢/BuMay (K)—
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3375–4.5875/bu+0.02−25–0¢/BuMay (K)4.2350
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.