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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Mon, Mar 24
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9050/bu+0.01−16¢/BuNovember (X)11.8175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2725/bu+0.03+20¢/BuMay (K)12.3225
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6150–9.7350/bu+0.01−45–−33¢/BuNovember (X)11.6750
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8625–9.9425/bu+0.03−21–−13¢/BuMay (K)12.0058
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7150–9.8150/bu+0.01−35–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.6875
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9225–10.0025/bu+0.03−15–−7¢/BuMay (K)12.0500
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3350–9.8150/bu+0.01−73–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.4135
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6225–10.2325/bu+0.03−45–+16¢/BuMay (K)11.9465
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5150–9.6650/bu+0.01−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.5355
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4825–9.7425/bu+0.03−59–−33¢/BuMay (K)11.6758
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6150–9.7650/bu+0.01−45–−30¢/BuNovember (X)11.5975
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6725–9.9225/bu+0.03−40–−15¢/BuMay (K)11.8239
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5550–9.7150/bu+0.01−51–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.5691
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6025–9.7725/bu+0.03−47–−30¢/BuMay (K)11.8019
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4150–9.6650/bu+0.01−65–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.5475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6225–10.0525/bu+0.03−45–−2¢/BuMay (K)11.9296
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6650/bu+0.01−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.6042
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7225–9.7825/bu+0.03−35–−29¢/BuMay (K)11.8075
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3650–9.7150/bu+0.01−70–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.5075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5025–9.7925/bu+0.03−57–−28¢/BuMay (K)11.7968
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9725–10.2225/bu+0.03−10–+15¢/BuMay (K)12.1185
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9725–10.0225/bu+0.03−10–−5¢/BuMay (K)12.0925
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9225–10.0225/bu+0.03−15–−5¢/BuMay (K)12.0925

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3025–5.3525/bu+0.09−35–−30¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2525/bu+0.09−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1525–5.2025/bu+0.09−50–−45¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.3825–5.4825/bu+0.10−10–0¢/BuMay (K)5.6500

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3350/bu+0.01−18¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5975
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7350/bu+0.02+9¢/BuMay (K)4.4975
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1150–4.1950/bu+0.01−40–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4050–4.4450/bu+0.00−24–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.2642
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2150/bu+0.01−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4850
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4450–4.4950/bu+0.00−20–−15¢/BuMay (K)4.3000
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7850–4.2650/bu+0.01−73–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2595
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1950–4.7450/bu+0.00−45–+10¢/BuMay (K)4.0650
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1150–4.2150/bu+0.01−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4292
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2050–4.4750/bu+0.00−44–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.1346
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0950–4.1650/bu+0.01−42–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3838
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2950–4.4450/bu+0.01−35–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.0875
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0750–4.2650/bu+0.01−44–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3756
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2650–4.4450/bu+0.00−38–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.0928
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9650–4.3150/bu+0.01−55–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3208
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1950–4.5550/bu+0.00−45–−9¢/BuMay (K)4.1863
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1150/bu+0.01−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3975
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3750–4.4650/bu+0.00−27–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.0655
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9950–4.1650/bu+0.01−52–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3475
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1850–4.3250/bu+0.00−46–−32¢/BuMay (K)4.0989
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4450–4.5850/bu+0.00−20–−6¢/BuMay (K)4.2758
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.5450–4.6450/bu+0.00−10–0¢/BuMay (K)4.3075
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3950–4.6450/bu+0.00−25–0¢/BuMay (K)4.2275
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.