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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Fri, Aug 1
● Bids as filed51 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7225/bu—−17¢/BuNovember (X)10.2225
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8125/bu+0.02−8¢/BuNovember (X)10.4925
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4925–9.5425/bu—−40–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.9825
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5375–9.7075/bu+0.10−8–+9¢/BuAugust (Q)10.3075
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4925–9.6425/bu—−40–−25¢/BuNovember (X)10.0975
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5175–9.6775/bu+0.05−10–+6¢/BuAugust (Q)10.3175
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1725–9.6925/bu—−72–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.8665
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3625–9.9175/bu—−53–+30¢/BuNovember (X)10.2565
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3425–9.4925/bu—−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.8275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1275–9.3925/bu—−49–−50¢/BuAugust (Q)10.0105
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4425–9.5925/bu—−45–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.8713
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4425–9.7425/bu+0.13−45–−15¢/BuNovember (X)10.5039
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3325–9.5425/bu—−56–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.8692
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3675–9.6925/bu—−25–−20¢/BuAugust (Q)10.3882
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3525–9.4925/bu—−54–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.8982
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3675–9.6575/bu—−25–+4¢/BuAugust (Q)10.2482
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4925/bu—−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.8892
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4675/bu—−15¢/BuAugust (Q)10.2850
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2425–9.5425/bu—−65–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.8025
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1375–9.5175/bu—−48–−10¢/BuAugust (Q)10.1011
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.4925–10.1425/bu—−40–+25¢/BuNovember (X)10.6245
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5925–9.9675/bu+0.03−30–+35¢/BuNovember (X)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5175/bu—−10¢/BuAugust (Q)10.4925

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4675–4.6175/bu+0.07−70–−55¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2675/bu+0.07−90¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6875/bu+0.07−48¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5675–4.6675/bu+0.07−60–−50¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered4.9175–5.0675/bu+0.07−25–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)5.2650

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9375/bu+0.03−17¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0025
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0750/bu+0.05+18¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0850
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7375–3.7875/bu+0.03−37–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7225
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7050–4.0450/bu+0.12−19–+15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8867
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8075–3.8175/bu+0.03−30–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8075
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8450–3.9750/bu+0.05−5–+8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9275
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4475–3.9575/bu+0.03−66–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6445
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6250–4.2450/bu+0.05−27–+35¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7790
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7075–3.8075/bu+0.03−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7196
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5950–3.9250/bu+0.05−30–+3¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7093
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7075–3.7575/bu+0.03−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6738
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6150–3.8450/bu+0.05−28–−5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6507
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6575–3.8275/bu+0.03−45–−28¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6794
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6450–3.8950/bu+0.05−25–0¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7275
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6075–3.8975/bu+0.03−50–−21¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7050
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5950–3.9350/bu+0.05−30–+4¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7950
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7575–3.8075/bu+0.03−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6950
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9450–4.0450/bu+0.05+5–+15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7100
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6075–3.7575/bu+0.03−50–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6754
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6150–3.7350/bu+0.05−28–−16¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6679
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered3.9150–4.0750/bu+0.05+2–+18¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9283
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.0750–4.2450/bu+0.05+18–+35¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.0350–4.2150/bu+0.05+14–+32¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9300
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.