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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Mon, Mar 31
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5775–9.8175/bu+0.11−57–−33¢/BuMay (K)11.4525
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6425–9.7925/bu+0.09−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.3730
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7425–9.8925/bu+0.10−45–−30¢/BuNovember (X)11.4350
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7675–10.0975/bu+0.08−38–−5¢/BuMay (K)11.6218
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6825–9.8425/bu+0.10−51–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.4033
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6775–9.8775/bu+0.08−47–−27¢/BuMay (K)11.5788
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5425–9.7925/bu+0.10−65–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.3833
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7575–10.1675/bu+0.02−39–+2¢/BuMay (K)11.7232
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0325/bu+0.10−16¢/BuNovember (X)11.6550
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3275/bu+0.09+18¢/BuMay (K)12.0575
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7425–9.8625/bu+0.10−45–−33¢/BuNovember (X)11.4925
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9375–10.0675/bu+0.08−21–−8¢/BuMay (K)11.7792
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8425–9.9425/bu+0.10−35–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.5250
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9975–10.0475/bu+0.08−15–−10¢/BuMay (K)11.8375
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4625–9.9425/bu+0.10−73–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.2670
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8175–10.3075/bu+0.08−33–+16¢/BuMay (K)11.7415
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7925/bu+0.10−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.4417
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7975–9.8975/bu+0.08−35–−25¢/BuMay (K)11.5775
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5525–9.8425/bu+0.10−64–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.3450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6475–9.9275/bu+0.08−50–−22¢/BuMay (K)11.5746
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.0475–10.2975/bu+0.08−10–+15¢/BuMay (K)11.8775
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0475–10.3475/bu+0.08−10–+20¢/BuMay (K)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9975–10.3475/bu+0.08−15–+20¢/BuMay (K)11.9075

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1550–5.2050/bu+0.08−35–−30¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1050/bu+0.08−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0050–5.0550/bu+0.08−50–−45¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.2200–5.3700/bu+0.09−15–0¢/BuMay (K)5.6450

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2400/bu+0.01−18¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5975
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6825/bu+0.05+11¢/BuMay (K)4.5350
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0200–4.1000/bu+0.01−40–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3525–4.4025/bu+0.04−22–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.2717
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1200/bu+0.01−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4850
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3725–4.4425/bu+0.04−20–−13¢/BuMay (K)4.3175
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6900–4.1700/bu+0.01−73–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2175
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2225–4.6725/bu+0.07−35–+10¢/BuMay (K)4.1200
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0200–4.1200/bu+0.01−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4292
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1225–4.4025/bu+0.01−45–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.1364
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0000–4.0700/bu+0.01−42–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3713
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1925–4.3725/bu+0.04−38–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.0700
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9800–4.1700/bu+0.01−44–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3750
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2025–4.4025/bu+0.04−37–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.0938
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8700–4.2200/bu+0.01−55–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3546
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0225–4.5925/bu+0.06−55–+2¢/BuMay (K)4.2000
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0200/bu+0.01−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3975
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3025–4.4125/bu+0.04−27–−16¢/BuMay (K)4.0590
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9000–4.0700/bu+0.01−52–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3475
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1125–4.2825/bu+0.04−46–−29¢/BuMay (K)4.1093
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3725–4.5125/bu+0.04−20–−6¢/BuMay (K)4.2833
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4725–4.6025/bu+0.04−10–+3¢/BuMay (K)—
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3225–4.6025/bu+0.04−25–+3¢/BuMay (K)4.2550
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.