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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Fri, Jul 18
● Bids as filed51 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1775/bu+0.09−18¢/BuNovember (X)10.2800
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6175/bu+0.06+34¢/BuAugust (Q)11.3925
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9575–10.0075/bu+0.09−40–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.0683
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2475–10.3275/bu+0.06−3–+5¢/BuAugust (Q)11.1358
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9575–10.1075/bu+0.09−40–−25¢/BuNovember (X)10.1200
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3075–10.3975/bu+0.06+3–+12¢/BuAugust (Q)11.2000
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6375–10.1575/bu+0.09−72–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.8800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0975–10.5775/bu+0.06−18–+30¢/BuAugust (Q)10.9525
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8075–9.9575/bu+0.09−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.9150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8575–10.0275/bu+0.09−50–−25¢/BuNovember (X)10.7042
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9075–10.1075/bu+0.09−45–−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.9713
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9575–10.3875/bu+0.06−32–+11¢/BuAugust (Q)11.0825
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8075–10.0075/bu+0.09−55–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.9611
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9475–10.1575/bu+0.09−41–−12¢/BuNovember (X)10.9981
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8175–9.9575/bu+0.09−54–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.9529
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0275–10.4075/bu+0.06−25–+13¢/BuAugust (Q)11.0154
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9575/bu+0.09−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.9850
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1275/bu+0.06−15¢/BuAugust (Q)10.9525
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7175–10.0075/bu+0.09−64–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.8929
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8775–10.2175/bu+0.06−40–−6¢/BuAugust (Q)10.8868
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9575–10.6075/bu+0.09−40–+25¢/BuNovember (X)11.3705
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2275–10.6275/bu+0.06−5–+35¢/BuAugust (Q)11.4725
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1775–10.6275/bu+0.06−10–+35¢/BuAugust (Q)11.4725

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9625–5.1125/bu+0.13−50–−35¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8625/bu+0.13−60¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0325/bu+0.13−43¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9125–4.9625/bu+0.13−55–−50¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.3125–5.3625/bu+0.08−15–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)5.3275

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1275/bu+0.07−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9675
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4250/bu+0.07+34¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1750
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9075–3.9575/bu+0.07−37–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7375
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0650–4.2350/bu+0.05−2–+15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8950
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9775–3.9875/bu+0.07−30–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8350
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1650–4.2650/bu+0.07+8–+18¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9700
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6175–4.1275/bu+0.07−66–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5100
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9050–4.4350/bu+0.09−18–+35¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8070
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8775–3.9775/bu+0.07−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7242
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8650–4.1650/bu+0.06−22–+8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7407
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8575–3.9275/bu+0.07−42–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6888
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8250–4.0050/bu+0.04−26–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7036
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8375–4.0775/bu+0.07−44–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6906
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9850–4.1350/bu+0.11−10–+5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7763
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7775–4.0675/bu+0.07−50–−21¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6713
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9350–4.2150/bu+0.07−15–+13¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8313
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9275/bu+0.07−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6975
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1350–4.2350/bu+0.07+5–+15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7475
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7375–3.9275/bu+0.03−54–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6804
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8650–3.9650/bu+0.05−22–−12¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7550
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.1050–4.2650/bu+0.03+2–+18¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9830
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.2850–4.4350/bu+0.04+20–+35¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0300
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.2450–4.4550/bu+0.03+16–+37¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0450
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.