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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Thu, May 15
● Bids as filed51 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2625/bu+0.26−9¢/BuNovember (X)11.8500
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6225/bu+0.27+11¢/BuJuly (N)12.2425
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9225–9.9725/bu+0.26−43–−38¢/BuNovember (X)11.6750
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3025–10.5125/bu+0.27−21–0¢/BuJuly (N)11.9875
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0025–10.1025/bu+0.26−35–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.6900
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4925–10.5625/bu+0.27−2–+5¢/BuJuly (N)12.0375
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6725–10.0525/bu+0.26−68–−30¢/BuNovember (X)11.4480
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1125–10.6625/bu+0.27−40–+15¢/BuJuly (N)11.8945
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8025–9.9525/bu+0.26−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.5320
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9425–10.1225/bu+0.27−57–−39¢/BuJuly (N)11.6865
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8525–10.0525/bu+0.26−50–−30¢/BuNovember (X)11.6013
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1925–10.5625/bu+0.27−32–+5¢/BuJuly (N)11.9263
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8325–10.0025/bu+0.26−52–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.5855
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1625–10.3725/bu+0.27−35–−14¢/BuJuly (N)11.8350
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8025–9.9825/bu+0.26−55–−37¢/BuNovember (X)11.5333
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0625–10.4125/bu+0.27−45–−10¢/BuJuly (N)11.8768
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9525/bu+0.26−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.5900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3625/bu+0.27−15¢/BuJuly (N)11.8050
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7125–10.0025/bu+0.26−64–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.5271
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0625–10.2425/bu+0.27−45–−27¢/BuJuly (N)11.7739
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.4925–10.7625/bu+0.27−2–+25¢/BuJuly (N)12.1945
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4625–10.8625/bu+0.27−5–+35¢/BuJuly (N)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4625–10.8625/bu+0.27−5–+35¢/BuJuly (N)12.1625

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9775–5.0275/bu+0.08−35–−30¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9275/bu+0.08−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9275/bu+0.08−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7275–4.8275/bu+0.08−60–−50¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered4.9775–5.2775/bu+0.08−35–−5¢/BuJuly (N)6.4675

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2675/bu+0.02−12¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6775
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6450/bu+0.03+16¢/BuJuly (N)4.6500
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0175–4.0675/bu+0.02−37–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5042
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3850–4.5450/bu+0.03−10–+6¢/BuJuly (N)4.4200
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0875/bu+0.02−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5550
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4750–4.5250/bu+0.03−1–+4¢/BuJuly (N)4.4467
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7275–4.2375/bu+0.02−66–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2650
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1350–4.6350/bu+0.03−35–+15¢/BuJuly (N)4.2800
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9875–4.0875/bu+0.02−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4958
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0650–4.3850/bu+0.03−42–−10¢/BuJuly (N)4.3214
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9875–4.0375/bu+0.02−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4613
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1850–4.3350/bu+0.03−30–−15¢/BuJuly (N)4.2729
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9275–4.1375/bu+0.02−46–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4500
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1850–4.3650/bu+0.03−30–−12¢/BuJuly (N)4.2900
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8375–4.1775/bu+0.02−55–−21¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4018
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0350–4.4550/bu+0.03−45–−3¢/BuJuly (N)4.3138
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9875–4.0375/bu+0.02−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4550
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3250–4.3550/bu+0.03−16–−13¢/BuJuly (N)4.2880
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8675–4.0375/bu+0.02−52–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4261
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1350–4.2750/bu+0.03−35–−21¢/BuJuly (N)4.2629
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3350–4.5850/bu+0.03−15–+10¢/BuJuly (N)4.4820
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4150–4.4850/bu+0.03−7–0¢/BuJuly (N)—
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4150–4.4850/bu+0.03−7–0¢/BuJuly (N)4.7100
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.