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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Wed, Jul 23
● Bids as filed51 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0575/bu+0.02−17¢/BuNovember (X)10.5600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2775/bu+0.15+22¢/BuAugust (Q)11.5300
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8275–9.8775/bu+0.03−40–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.3483
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0175–10.1075/bu+0.06−4–+5¢/BuAugust (Q)11.2667
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8275–9.9775/bu+0.03−40–−25¢/BuNovember (X)10.4100
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0875–10.1775/bu+0.05+3–+12¢/BuAugust (Q)11.3325
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5075–10.0275/bu+0.03−72–−20¢/BuNovember (X)10.1820
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8475–10.3575/bu+0.05−21–+30¢/BuAugust (Q)11.0725
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6775–9.8275/bu+0.03−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.1950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6475–9.8075/bu+0.05−41–−25¢/BuAugust (Q)10.8383
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7775–9.9275/bu+0.03−45–−30¢/BuNovember (X)10.2513
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7575–10.1775/bu+0.05−30–−5¢/BuAugust (Q)11.1700
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6775–9.8775/bu+0.03−55–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.2389
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8075–10.0075/bu+0.04−25–−22¢/BuAugust (Q)11.1019
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6875–9.8275/bu+0.03−54–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.2471
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8075–10.1575/bu+0.05−25–+10¢/BuAugust (Q)11.1400
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8275/bu+0.03−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.2567
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9075/bu+0.05−15¢/BuAugust (Q)11.0675
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5875–9.8775/bu+0.03−64–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.1729
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6575–10.0075/bu+0.05−40–−5¢/BuAugust (Q)11.0057
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.8275–10.4775/bu+0.03−40–+25¢/BuNovember (X)11.4320
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0075–10.4075/bu+0.05−5–+35¢/BuAugust (Q)11.0313
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9575–10.4075/bu+0.05−10–+35¢/BuAugust (Q)11.3100

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9050–5.0550/bu+0.09−50–−35¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8050/bu+0.09−60¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9750/bu+0.09−43¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8550–4.9050/bu+0.09−55–−50¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.2550–5.3050/bu+0.09−15–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)5.3450

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0050/bu+0.03−17¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1000
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3050/bu+0.02+32¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3475
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8050–3.8550/bu+0.01−37–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9650–4.1350/bu+0.01−2–+15¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0492
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8750–3.8850/bu+0.01−30–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9675
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0650–4.1650/bu+0.01+8–+18¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1400
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5150–4.0250/bu+0.01−66–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6900
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7950–4.3350/bu+0.01−19–+35¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9915
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7750–3.8750/bu+0.01−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8567
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7750–4.0250/bu+0.01−21–+4¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8804
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7750–3.8250/bu+0.01−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8213
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7550–4.0050/bu+0.01−23–+2¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8332
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7350–3.9750/bu+0.01−44–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8238
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8750–4.0350/bu+0.02−11–+5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9113
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6750–3.9650/bu+0.01−50–−21¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8325
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8350–4.0850/bu+0.01−15–+10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9838
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8250/bu+0.01−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8425
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0350–4.1350/bu+0.01+5–+15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8735
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6750–3.8250/bu+0.04−50–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8129
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7750–3.8550/bu+0.01−21–−13¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8889
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.0050–4.1650/bu+0.01+2–+18¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1058
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.1650–4.3350/bu+0.01+18–+35¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1625
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.1250–4.3550/bu+0.01+14–+37¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1775
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.