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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Thu, Jul 24
● Bids as filed51 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8075–3.9075/bu+0.03−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8842
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7775–4.0475/bu+0.00−24–+3¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9043
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8075–3.8575/bu+0.03−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8488
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7475–4.0375/bu+0.01−27–+2¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8600
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7675–4.0075/bu+0.03−44–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8525
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9075–4.0675/bu+0.03−11–+5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9375
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7075–3.9975/bu+0.03−50–−21¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8575
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8675–4.1175/bu+0.03−15–+10¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0125
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8575/bu+0.03−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8700
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0675–4.1675/bu+0.03+5–+15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9020
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7075–3.8575/bu+0.03−50–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8404
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7975–3.8875/bu+0.02−22–−13¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9143
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0375/bu+0.03−17¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1275
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3375/bu+0.03+32¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3700
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8375–3.8875/bu+0.03−37–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8975
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9975–4.1675/bu+0.03−2–+15¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0850
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9075–3.9175/bu+0.03−30–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9950
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0975–4.1975/bu+0.03+8–+18¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1625
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5475–4.0575/bu+0.03−66–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7100
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8075–4.3675/bu+0.01−21–+35¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0200
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.0375–4.1975/bu+0.03+2–+18¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1300
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.1975–4.3675/bu+0.03+18–+35¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1600
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.1575–4.3875/bu+0.03+14–+37¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1500

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5925–9.8925/bu+0.01−65–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.3279
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6225–9.9125/bu+0.04−42–−13¢/BuAugust (Q)11.0357
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.8425–10.4925/bu+0.02−40–+25¢/BuNovember (X)11.4420
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9925–10.3925/bu+0.02−5–+35¢/BuAugust (Q)11.3350
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9425–10.3925/bu+0.02−10–+35¢/BuAugust (Q)11.3600
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0725/bu+0.02−17¢/BuNovember (X)10.7150
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2625/bu+0.02+22¢/BuAugust (Q)11.5800
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8425–9.8925/bu+0.02−40–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.5033
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9925–10.1125/bu+0.03−5–+7¢/BuAugust (Q)11.2383
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8425–9.9925/bu+0.02−40–−25¢/BuNovember (X)10.5600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0725–10.1625/bu+0.02+3–+12¢/BuAugust (Q)11.3825
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5225–10.0425/bu+0.02−72–−20¢/BuNovember (X)10.3610
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8325–10.3425/bu+0.02−21–+30¢/BuAugust (Q)11.1125
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6925–9.8425/bu+0.02−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.3500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6125–9.7925/bu+0.04−43–−25¢/BuAugust (Q)10.8933
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7925–9.9425/bu+0.02−45–−30¢/BuNovember (X)10.4063
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7425–10.1525/bu+0.02−30–+11¢/BuAugust (Q)11.2129
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6925–9.8925/bu+0.02−55–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.3938
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7925–10.0225/bu+0.02−25–−22¢/BuAugust (Q)11.1344
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7025–9.8425/bu+0.02−54–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.3979
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7925–10.1425/bu+0.02−25–+10¢/BuAugust (Q)11.1829
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8425/bu+0.02−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.4117
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8925/bu+0.02−15¢/BuAugust (Q)11.1200

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9150–5.0650/bu+0.01−50–−35¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5150/bu+0.29−90¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9350/bu+0.04−48¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8150–5.0150/bu+0.04−60–−40¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.2650–5.3150/bu+0.01−15–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)5.2525
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.