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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Tue, Mar 25
● 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—−16¢/BuNovember (X)11.7400
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2175/bu+0.06+20¢/BuMay (K)12.1700
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6150–9.7350/bu—−45–−33¢/BuNovember (X)11.5975
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8075–9.8875/bu+0.06−21–−13¢/BuMay (K)11.9017
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7150–9.8150/bu—−35–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.6100
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8675–9.9475/bu+0.06−15–−7¢/BuMay (K)11.9450
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3350–9.8150/bu—−73–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.3320
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5675–10.1775/bu+0.06−45–+16¢/BuMay (K)11.8520
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5150–9.6650/bu—−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.4580
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4275–9.6875/bu+0.06−59–−33¢/BuMay (K)11.5650
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6150–9.7650/bu—−45–−30¢/BuNovember (X)11.5200
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6175–9.8675/bu+0.06−40–−15¢/BuMay (K)11.7243
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5550–9.7150/bu—−51–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.4906
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5475–9.7175/bu+0.06−47–−30¢/BuMay (K)11.6994
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4150–9.6650/bu—−65–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.4683
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5675–9.9975/bu+0.06−45–−2¢/BuMay (K)11.8314
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6650/bu—−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.5267
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6675–9.7275/bu+0.06−35–−29¢/BuMay (K)11.7050
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3650–9.7150/bu—−70–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.4300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4475–9.7375/bu+0.06−57–−28¢/BuMay (K)11.6943
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9175–10.1675/bu+0.06−10–+15¢/BuMay (K)11.9940
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9175–9.9675/bu+0.06−10–−5¢/BuMay (K)11.9900
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8675–9.9675/bu+0.06−15–−5¢/BuMay (K)11.9900

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2475–5.2975/bu+0.06−35–−30¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1975/bu+0.06−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0975–5.1475/bu+0.06−50–−45¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.3325–5.4325/bu+0.05−10–0¢/BuMay (K)5.5350

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3100/bu+0.03−18¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6675/bu+0.07+9¢/BuMay (K)4.4350
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0900–4.1700/bu+0.03−40–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3500
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3575–4.3875/bu+0.05−22–−19¢/BuMay (K)4.2050
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1900/bu+0.03−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3775–4.4275/bu+0.07−20–−15¢/BuMay (K)4.2500
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7600–4.2400/bu+0.03−73–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1960
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1275–4.6775/bu+0.07−45–+10¢/BuMay (K)4.0250
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0900–4.1900/bu+0.03−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3617
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1375–4.4075/bu+0.07−44–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.0879
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0700–4.1400/bu+0.03−42–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3163
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2275–4.3775/bu+0.07−35–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.0350
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0500–4.2400/bu+0.03−44–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3075
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1975–4.3775/bu+0.07−38–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.0397
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9400–4.2900/bu+0.03−55–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2871
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1275–4.4875/bu+0.07−45–−9¢/BuMay (K)4.1488
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0900/bu+0.03−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3300
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3075–4.3975/bu+0.07−27–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.0190
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9700–4.1400/bu+0.03−52–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2800
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1175–4.2575/bu+0.07−46–−32¢/BuMay (K)4.0450
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3775–4.5175/bu+0.07−20–−6¢/BuMay (K)4.2350
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4775–4.5775/bu+0.07−10–0¢/BuMay (K)4.2550
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3275–4.5775/bu+0.07−25–0¢/BuMay (K)4.1750
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.