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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Tue, Aug 12
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9875/bu+0.22−34¢/BuNovember (X)9.4250
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2775/bu+0.20−5¢/BuNovember (X)9.8250
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8775–9.9275/bu+0.22−45–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.3433
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8975–10.3475/bu+0.22−43–+2¢/BuNovember (X)9.7054
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7775–9.9775/bu+0.22−55–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.3325
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9775–10.3275/bu+0.22−35–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.6200
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4175–9.9775/bu+0.22−91–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.0750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6575–10.0775/bu+0.22−67–−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.3490
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5775–9.9275/bu+0.23−75–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.1817
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5775–10.0275/bu+0.20−75–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.3042
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8775–9.9775/bu+0.22−45–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.2238
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8775–10.3475/bu+0.22−45–+2¢/BuNovember (X)9.8207
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7575–9.9275/bu+0.22−57–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.2094
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7975–10.1075/bu+0.22−53–−22¢/BuNovember (X)9.5356
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5975–9.9275/bu+0.22−73–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.1507
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6275–10.1475/bu+0.22−70–−18¢/BuNovember (X)9.4007
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9275–9.9475/bu+0.22−40–−38¢/BuNovember (X)9.1917
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9275–9.9775/bu+0.22−40–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.5625
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6875–9.9775/bu+0.22−64–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.0993
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6275–10.0275/bu+0.22−70–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.3393
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.0275–10.4775/bu+0.22−30–+15¢/BuNovember (X)9.8930
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0275–10.6275/bu+0.22−30–+30¢/BuNovember (X)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0275–10.6275/bu+0.22−30–+30¢/BuNovember (X)10.1325

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3500/bu+0.10−70¢/BuSeptember (U)4.9125
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1500/bu+0.10−90¢/BuSeptember (U)4.7875
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4500–4.6000/bu+0.10−60–−45¢/BuSeptember (U)4.8375
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered4.7000–4.9500/bu+0.10−35–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)5.2125

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8050/bu+0.13−14¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8225
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9350/bu+0.14+22¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8775
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5750–3.6250/bu+0.13−37–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6708
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5950–3.7350/bu+0.03−12–+2¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7275
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5950–3.6450/bu+0.13−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6925
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6650–3.7950/bu+0.14−5–+8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7275
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.2150–3.7750/bu+0.13−73–−17¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4685
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3550–3.7950/bu+0.14−36–+8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4795
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5450–3.6550/bu+0.13−40–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6539
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4050–3.6650/bu+0.14−31–−5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5918
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5450–3.5950/bu+0.13−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6138
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4150–3.6650/bu+0.14−30–−5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5604
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4950–3.6650/bu+0.13−45–−28¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6088
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4950–3.6850/bu+0.14−22–−3¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5853
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3950–3.6650/bu+0.13−55–−28¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5563
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.2950–3.6350/bu+0.14−42–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5638
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5650–3.6450/bu+0.13−38–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6100
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6650–3.8150/bu+0.14−5–+10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5715
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4450–3.5950/bu+0.13−50–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5896
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3450–3.5350/bu+0.14−37–−18¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5318
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered3.7150–3.8850/bu+0.140–+17¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7558
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered3.8650–3.9450/bu+0.14+15–+23¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8125
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered3.8650–3.9450/bu+0.14+15–+23¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8125
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.