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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Tue, May 20
● Bids as filed51 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3200/bu+0.04−9¢/BuNovember (X)11.9900
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6600/bu+0.02+13¢/BuJuly (N)12.4925
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9800–10.0300/bu+0.04−43–−38¢/BuNovember (X)11.8150
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3200–10.5800/bu+0.02−21–+5¢/BuJuly (N)12.2475
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0600–10.1600/bu+0.04−35–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.8300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4800–10.5800/bu+0.01−5–+5¢/BuJuly (N)12.3100
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7300–10.1100/bu+0.04−68–−30¢/BuNovember (X)11.5920
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1400–10.6800/bu+0.02−39–+15¢/BuJuly (N)12.1285
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8600–10.0100/bu+0.04−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.6960
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9600–10.1400/bu+0.02−57–−39¢/BuJuly (N)11.9445
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9100–10.1100/bu+0.04−50–−30¢/BuNovember (X)11.7413
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2300–10.5800/bu+0.04−30–+5¢/BuJuly (N)12.1300
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8900–10.0600/bu+0.04−52–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.7269
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1800–10.3900/bu+0.02−35–−14¢/BuJuly (N)12.0438
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8600–10.0400/bu+0.04−55–−37¢/BuNovember (X)11.6733
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0700–10.4500/bu+0.02−46–−8¢/BuJuly (N)12.1182
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0100/bu+0.04−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.7300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3800/bu+0.02−15¢/BuJuly (N)12.0025
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7700–10.0600/bu+0.04−64–−35¢/BuNovember (X)11.6657
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0800–10.2700/bu+0.02−45–−26¢/BuJuly (N)12.0225
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.5200–10.7800/bu+0.04−1–+25¢/BuJuly (N)12.4205
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4800–10.8800/bu+0.02−5–+35¢/BuJuly (N)12.4375
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4800–10.8800/bu+0.02−5–+35¢/BuJuly (N)12.3875

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1100–5.1600/bu+0.17−35–−30¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0600/bu+0.17−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0600/bu+0.17−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8600–4.9600/bu+0.17−60–−50¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.1100–5.4100/bu+0.17−35–−5¢/BuJuly (N)6.8100

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3650/bu+0.07−12¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6725
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7350/bu+0.08+19¢/BuJuly (N)4.6600
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1150–4.1650/bu+0.07−37–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5058
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5050–4.5550/bu+0.09−4–+1¢/BuJuly (N)4.4833
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1850/bu+0.07−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5350–4.6050/bu+0.07−1–+6¢/BuJuly (N)4.5025
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8250–4.3350/bu+0.07−66–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2675
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1950–4.6950/bu+0.07−35–+15¢/BuJuly (N)4.2980
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0850–4.1850/bu+0.07−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5042
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1650–4.4250/bu+0.11−38–−12¢/BuJuly (N)4.3329
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0850–4.1350/bu+0.07−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4638
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2450–4.3950/bu+0.07−30–−15¢/BuJuly (N)4.2743
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0250–4.2350/bu+0.07−46–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4563
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2450–4.4250/bu+0.07−30–−12¢/BuJuly (N)4.3038
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9350–4.2750/bu+0.07−55–−21¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4039
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1150–4.5550/bu+0.09−43–+1¢/BuJuly (N)4.3300
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0850–4.1350/bu+0.07−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4600
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3850–4.4150/bu+0.07−16–−13¢/BuJuly (N)4.2980
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9650–4.1350/bu+0.07−52–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4311
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1950–4.3950/bu+0.07−35–−15¢/BuJuly (N)4.2814
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3950–4.6450/bu+0.07−15–+10¢/BuJuly (N)4.4950
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.5750–4.6450/bu+0.07+3–+10¢/BuJuly (N)4.5900
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4750–4.7450/bu+0.07−7–+20¢/BuJuly (N)4.7200
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.