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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Tue, Apr 15
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1375/bu+0.01−16¢/BuNovember (X)11.4250
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5800/bu+0.04+22¢/BuMay (K)11.6000
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8675–9.9175/bu+0.01−43–−38¢/BuNovember (X)11.2525
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2000–10.3100/bu+0.04−16–−5¢/BuMay (K)11.3617
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9475–10.0475/bu+0.01−35–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.2850
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2400–10.3400/bu+0.01−12–−2¢/BuMay (K)11.3925
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5675–9.9975/bu+0.01−73–−30¢/BuNovember (X)11.0310
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0400–10.5600/bu+0.03−32–+20¢/BuMay (K)11.2340
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7475–9.8975/bu+0.01−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.1725
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8500–9.9700/bu+0.04−51–−39¢/BuMay (K)11.0350
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8475–9.9975/bu+0.01−45–−30¢/BuNovember (X)11.1963
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0300–10.4100/bu+0.06−33–+5¢/BuMay (K)11.2738
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7775–9.9475/bu+0.01−52–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.1584
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9900–10.1400/bu+0.06−37–−22¢/BuMay (K)11.1750
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6475–9.8975/bu+0.01−65–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.1367
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0600–10.3500/bu+0.01−30–−1¢/BuMay (K)11.2343
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8975/bu+0.01−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.2017
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1600–10.2100/bu+0.06−20–−15¢/BuMay (K)11.1650
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6575–9.9475/bu+0.01−64–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.0917
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9100–10.2100/bu+0.01−45–−15¢/BuMay (K)11.1429
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.3600–10.5600/bu+0.060–+20¢/BuMay (K)11.4780
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3100–10.7100/bu—−5–+35¢/BuMay (K)11.5500
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2600–10.7100/bu+0.06−10–+35¢/BuMay (K)11.5250

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2100–5.2600/bu+0.06−35–−30¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1600/bu+0.06−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9600–5.0600/bu+0.06−60–−50¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.3725–5.4225/bu+0.05−5–0¢/BuMay (K)5.5725

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5025/bu+0.02−14¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5425
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0225/bu+0.04+21¢/BuMay (K)4.4900
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2725–4.3225/bu+0.02−37–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3550
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6925–4.7125/bu+0.02−12–−10¢/BuMay (K)4.2833
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3425/bu+0.02−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4100
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7625–4.8125/bu+0.04−5–0¢/BuMay (K)4.3250
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9525–4.4925/bu+0.02−69–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1525
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4525–4.9925/bu+0.00−36–+18¢/BuMay (K)4.0550
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2425–4.3425/bu+0.02−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3542
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3925–4.6525/bu+0.04−42–−16¢/BuMay (K)4.1429
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2425–4.2925/bu+0.02−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3138
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4925–4.6425/bu+0.04−32–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.0688
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1825–4.3925/bu+0.02−46–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2994
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5125–4.6525/bu+0.03−30–−16¢/BuMay (K)4.0681
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0425–4.4425/bu+0.07−60–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2754
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4525–4.8325/bu+0.00−36–+2¢/BuMay (K)4.1538
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2425–4.2925/bu+0.02−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3225
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6125–4.6925/bu+0.04−20–−12¢/BuMay (K)4.0700
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1225–4.2925/bu+0.02−52–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2739
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4825–4.5625/bu+0.04−33–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.0843
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.6925–4.8225/bu+0.04−12–+1¢/BuMay (K)4.2683
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.7625–4.8725/bu—−5–+6¢/BuMay (K)4.3500
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.7125–4.8125/bu+0.04−10–0¢/BuMay (K)4.3350
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.