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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Thu, Jul 17
● Bids as filed51 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0850/bu+0.06−18¢/BuNovember (X)10.3500
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5550/bu+0.04+34¢/BuAugust (Q)11.4150
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8650–9.9150/bu+0.06−40–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.1383
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1850–10.2150/bu+0.07−3–0¢/BuAugust (Q)11.1317
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8650–10.0150/bu+0.06−40–−25¢/BuNovember (X)10.1725
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2450–10.3350/bu+0.11+3–+12¢/BuAugust (Q)11.2075
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5450–10.0650/bu+0.06−72–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.9500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0350–10.5150/bu+0.08−18–+30¢/BuAugust (Q)10.9450
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7150–9.8650/bu+0.06−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.9850
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7650–9.9650/bu+0.06−50–−25¢/BuNovember (X)10.7250
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8150–10.0150/bu+0.06−45–−25¢/BuNovember (X)10.0413
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8950–10.3250/bu+0.08−32–+11¢/BuAugust (Q)11.0950
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7150–9.9150/bu+0.06−55–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.0292
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8550–10.0750/bu+0.08−41–−14¢/BuNovember (X)11.0094
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7250–9.8650/bu+0.06−54–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.0157
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9650–10.3450/bu+0.08−25–+13¢/BuAugust (Q)11.0193
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8650/bu+0.06−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.0550
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0650/bu+0.08−15¢/BuAugust (Q)10.9650
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6250–9.9150/bu+0.06−64–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.9629
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8150–10.1750/bu+0.08−40–−4¢/BuAugust (Q)10.8836
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.8650–10.5050/bu+0.06−40–+24¢/BuNovember (X)11.3830
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1650–10.5650/bu+0.08−5–+35¢/BuAugust (Q)11.4850
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1150–10.5650/bu+0.08−10–+35¢/BuAugust (Q)11.4850

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8350–4.9850/bu+0.08−50–−35¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7350/bu+0.08−60¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9050/bu+0.08−43¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7850–4.8350/bu+0.08−55–−50¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.2350/bu+0.08−10¢/BuSeptember (U)5.2525

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0600/bu+0.02−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3600/bu+0.07+34¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1825
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8400–3.8900/bu+0.03−37–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7400
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0200–4.1700/bu+0.050–+15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9175
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9100–3.9200/bu+0.03−30–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8250
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1000–4.2000/bu+0.05+8–+18¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9725
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5500–4.0600/bu+0.03−66–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5125
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8200–4.3700/bu+0.05−20–+35¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8185
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8100–3.9100/bu+0.03−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7300
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8100–4.1000/bu+0.03−21–+8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7639
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7900–3.8600/bu+0.03−42–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6913
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7900–3.9400/bu+0.03−23–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7139
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7700–4.0100/bu+0.03−44–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6931
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8800–4.0700/bu+0.03−14–+5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7838
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7100–4.0000/bu+0.03−50–−21¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6725
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8700–4.1300/bu+0.03−15–+11¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8425
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8600/bu+0.03−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7000
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0700–4.1700/bu+0.03+5–+15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7300
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7100–3.8600/bu+0.03−50–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6829
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8200–3.9000/bu+0.03−20–−12¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7654
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.0800–4.2000/bu+0.03+6–+18¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9905
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.2500–4.3900/bu+0.03+23–+37¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9975
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.2200–4.3900/bu+0.03+20–+37¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0225
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.