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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Tue, Apr 1
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2325/bu+0.20−16¢/BuNovember (X)11.6100
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5125/bu+0.19+17¢/BuMay (K)11.9400
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9425–10.0625/bu+0.20−45–−33¢/BuNovember (X)11.4375
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1325–10.2625/bu+0.20−21–−8¢/BuMay (K)11.6650
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0425–10.1425/bu+0.20−35–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.4700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1825–10.2425/bu+0.19−16–−10¢/BuMay (K)11.7150
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6625–10.1425/bu+0.20−73–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.2160
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9825–10.5025/bu+0.17−36–+16¢/BuMay (K)11.6060
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8425–9.9925/bu+0.20−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.3180
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8225–9.9425/bu+0.25−52–−40¢/BuMay (K)11.3333
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9425–10.0925/bu+0.20−45–−30¢/BuNovember (X)11.3800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9625–10.3125/bu+0.20−38–−3¢/BuMay (K)11.5014
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8825–10.0425/bu+0.20−51–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.3429
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8725–10.0725/bu+0.20−47–−27¢/BuMay (K)11.4606
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7425–9.9925/bu+0.20−65–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.3300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9525–10.3825/bu+0.20−39–+4¢/BuMay (K)11.5914
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9925/bu+0.20−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.3867
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9925–10.1425/bu+0.20−35–−20¢/BuMay (K)11.4600
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7525–10.0425/bu+0.20−64–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.2900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8925–10.1125/bu+0.25−45–−23¢/BuMay (K)11.4571
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.3425–10.4925/bu+0.300–+15¢/BuMay (K)11.7600
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2425–10.5425/bu—−10–+20¢/BuMay (K)11.7900
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2425–10.5425/bu+0.25−10–+20¢/BuMay (K)11.7900

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1875–5.2375/bu+0.03−35–−30¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1375/bu+0.03−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0375–5.0875/bu+0.03−50–−45¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.3550–5.4050/bu+0.14−5–0¢/BuMay (K)5.5275

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3150/bu+0.08−18¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7875/bu+0.11+17¢/BuMay (K)4.4350
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0950–4.1750/bu+0.08−40–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3500
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3975–4.4475/bu+0.05−22–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.1967
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1950/bu+0.08−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4175–4.5175/bu+0.05−20–−10¢/BuMay (K)4.2400
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7650–4.2450/bu+0.08−73–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1500
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2175–4.7175/bu+0.01−40–+10¢/BuMay (K)4.0275
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0950–4.1950/bu+0.08−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3617
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1675–4.4475/bu+0.05−45–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.0464
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0750–4.1450/bu+0.08−42–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3163
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2675–4.4475/bu+0.08−35–−17¢/BuMay (K)3.9863
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0550–4.2450/bu+0.08−44–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3075
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2475–4.4475/bu+0.05−37–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.0044
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9450–4.2950/bu+0.08−55–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2871
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0675–4.6675/bu+0.05−55–+5¢/BuMay (K)4.1075
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0950/bu+0.08−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3300
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3475–4.4675/bu+0.05−27–−15¢/BuMay (K)3.9690
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9750–4.1450/bu+0.08−52–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2800
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1975–4.3675/bu+0.09−42–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.0136
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4175–4.6275/bu+0.05−20–+1¢/BuMay (K)4.2117
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.5175–4.6475/bu—−10–+3¢/BuMay (K)4.3150
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.5175–4.6475/bu+0.20−10–+3¢/BuMay (K)4.1650
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.