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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Fri, Mar 21
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9175/bu+0.03−16¢/BuNovember (X)11.7100
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2975/bu+0.03+20¢/BuMay (K)12.1350
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6275–9.7475/bu+0.03−45–−33¢/BuNovember (X)11.5575
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8875–9.9675/bu+0.01−21–−13¢/BuMay (K)11.8383
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7275–9.8275/bu+0.03−35–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.5700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9475–10.0275/bu+0.03−15–−7¢/BuMay (K)11.8875
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3475–9.8275/bu+0.03−73–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.2960
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6475–10.2575/bu+0.03−45–+16¢/BuMay (K)11.7710
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5275–9.6775/bu+0.03−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.4180
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5075–9.7675/bu+0.03−59–−33¢/BuMay (K)11.5100
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6275–9.7775/bu+0.03−45–−30¢/BuNovember (X)11.4813
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6975–9.9475/bu+0.03−40–−15¢/BuMay (K)11.6707
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5675–9.7275/bu+0.03−51–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.4508
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6275–9.7975/bu+0.03−47–−30¢/BuMay (K)11.6344
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4275–9.6775/bu+0.03−65–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.4300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6475–10.0775/bu+0.03−45–−2¢/BuMay (K)11.7593
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6775/bu+0.03−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.4867
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7475–9.8075/bu+0.03−35–−29¢/BuMay (K)11.6400
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3775–9.7275/bu+0.03−70–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.3943
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5275–9.8175/bu+0.03−57–−28¢/BuMay (K)11.6436
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9975–10.2475/bu+0.03−10–+15¢/BuMay (K)11.9510
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9975–10.0475/bu+0.03−10–−5¢/BuMay (K)11.9250
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9475–10.0475/bu+0.03−15–−5¢/BuMay (K)11.9250

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3950–5.4450/bu+0.01−35–−30¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3450/bu+0.01−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2450–5.2950/bu+0.01−50–−45¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.4825–5.5825/bu+0.01−10–0¢/BuMay (K)5.6475

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3300/bu+0.02−18¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5925
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7125/bu+0.05+7¢/BuMay (K)4.5225
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1100–4.1900/bu+0.02−40–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4225
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4025–4.4425/bu+0.02−24–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.2908
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2100/bu+0.02−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4900
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4425–4.4925/bu+0.05−20–−15¢/BuMay (K)4.3200
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7800–4.2600/bu+0.02−73–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2645
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1925–4.7425/bu+0.05−45–+10¢/BuMay (K)4.0925
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1100–4.2100/bu+0.02−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4342
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2025–4.4725/bu+0.05−44–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.1482
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0900–4.1600/bu+0.02−42–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3888
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2825–4.4425/bu+0.05−36–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.0950
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0700–4.2600/bu+0.02−44–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3806
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2625–4.4425/bu+0.05−38–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.1072
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9600–4.3100/bu+0.02−55–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3258
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1925–4.5525/bu+0.05−45–−9¢/BuMay (K)4.2013
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1100/bu+0.02−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4025
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3725–4.4625/bu+0.05−27–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.0805
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9900–4.1600/bu+0.02−52–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3511
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1825–4.3225/bu+0.05−46–−32¢/BuMay (K)4.1125
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4425–4.6025/bu+0.05−20–−4¢/BuMay (K)4.2875
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.5425–4.6425/bu+0.05−10–0¢/BuMay (K)4.3225
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3925–4.6425/bu+0.05−25–0¢/BuMay (K)4.2325
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.