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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Tue, Apr 22
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1350/bu+0.01−13¢/BuNovember (X)11.5800
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6000/bu+0.07+25¢/BuMay (K)11.8650
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8350–9.8850/bu+0.01−43–−38¢/BuNovember (X)11.5000
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2500–10.3700/bu+0.09−10–+2¢/BuMay (K)11.6450
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9150–10.0150/bu+0.01−35–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.4275
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2300–10.3600/bu+0.06−12–+1¢/BuMay (K)11.7000
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5350–9.9650/bu+0.01−73–−30¢/BuNovember (X)11.1860
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0000–10.5500/bu+0.06−35–+20¢/BuMay (K)11.4850
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7150–9.8650/bu+0.01−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.3225
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8800–10.0100/bu+0.06−47–−34¢/BuMay (K)11.3000
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8150–9.9650/bu+0.01−45–−30¢/BuNovember (X)11.3513
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0300–10.4000/bu+0.06−32–+5¢/BuMay (K)11.5150
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7450–9.9150/bu+0.01−52–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.3280
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9800–10.2000/bu+0.06−37–−15¢/BuMay (K)11.4119
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6150–9.8650/bu+0.01−65–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.2933
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0000–10.3900/bu+0.06−35–+4¢/BuMay (K)11.4764
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8650/bu+0.01−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.3567
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1500–10.2000/bu+0.06−20–−15¢/BuMay (K)11.4025
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6250–9.9150/bu+0.01−64–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.2533
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9100–10.1700/bu+0.06−44–−18¢/BuMay (K)11.4264
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.3500–10.5500/bu+0.060–+20¢/BuMay (K)11.7350
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3000–10.7000/bu+0.06−5–+35¢/BuMay (K)11.7750
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2500–10.7000/bu+0.06−10–+35¢/BuMay (K)11.7500

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1525–5.2025/bu+0.02−35–−30¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1025/bu+0.02−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9025–5.0025/bu+0.02−60–−50¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.3050–5.3550/bu+0.03−5–0¢/BuMay (K)5.9250

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4800/bu+0.07−10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6375
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9775/bu+0.06+22¢/BuMay (K)4.6500
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2100–4.2600/bu+0.07−37–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4425
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6375–4.7175/bu+0.06−12–−4¢/BuMay (K)4.4383
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2800/bu+0.07−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4850
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7375–4.7875/bu+0.06−2–+3¢/BuMay (K)4.4800
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8900–4.4300/bu+0.07−69–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2325
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3575–4.9375/bu+0.10−40–+18¢/BuMay (K)4.2740
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1800–4.2800/bu+0.07−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4292
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4175–4.5975/bu+0.07−34–−16¢/BuMay (K)4.2857
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1800–4.2300/bu+0.07−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3888
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4375–4.5875/bu+0.06−32–−17¢/BuMay (K)4.1886
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1200–4.3300/bu+0.07−46–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3744
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4575–4.6175/bu+0.06−30–−14¢/BuMay (K)4.2038
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9800–4.3800/bu+0.07−60–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3532
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3975–4.7775/bu+0.06−36–+2¢/BuMay (K)4.2888
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1800–4.2300/bu+0.07−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3975
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5575–4.6575/bu+0.06−20–−10¢/BuMay (K)4.1900
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0600–4.2300/bu+0.07−52–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3561
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4275–4.5775/bu+0.06−33–−18¢/BuMay (K)4.2386
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.6575–4.9075/bu+0.06−10–+15¢/BuMay (K)4.3950
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.7075–4.7675/bu+0.06−5–+1¢/BuMay (K)4.4800
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.6575–4.7175/bu+0.06−10–−4¢/BuMay (K)4.4700
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.