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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Wed, Aug 13
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1025/bu+0.12−34¢/BuNovember (X)9.4850
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3925/bu+0.12−5¢/BuNovember (X)9.8850
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9925–10.0425/bu+0.12−45–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.3667
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0125–10.4625/bu+0.12−43–+2¢/BuNovember (X)9.7300
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8925–10.0925/bu+0.12−55–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.3350
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0425–10.4425/bu+0.07−40–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.6800
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5325–10.0925/bu+0.12−91–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.1350
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7725–10.1925/bu+0.12−67–−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.4010
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6825–10.0425/bu+0.11−76–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.2350
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6925–10.1425/bu+0.12−75–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.3204
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9925–10.1425/bu+0.12−45–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.2838
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9925–10.4625/bu+0.12−45–+2¢/BuNovember (X)9.8521
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8725–10.0425/bu+0.12−57–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.2694
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9125–10.2225/bu+0.12−53–−22¢/BuNovember (X)9.5900
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7125–10.0425/bu+0.12−73–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.2021
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7425–10.2625/bu+0.12−70–−18¢/BuNovember (X)9.4436
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0425–10.0625/bu+0.12−40–−38¢/BuNovember (X)9.2517
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0425–10.0925/bu+0.12−40–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.5850
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8025–10.0925/bu+0.12−64–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.1436
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7425–10.1225/bu+0.12−70–−32¢/BuNovember (X)9.3879
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.1425–10.5925/bu+0.12−30–+15¢/BuNovember (X)9.9450
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1425–10.7425/bu+0.12−30–+30¢/BuNovember (X)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1425–10.7425/bu+0.12−30–+30¢/BuNovember (X)10.0413

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3725/bu+0.02−70¢/BuSeptember (U)4.9725
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1725/bu+0.02−90¢/BuSeptember (U)4.8475
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4725–4.6225/bu+0.02−60–−45¢/BuSeptember (U)4.8975
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered4.7225–4.9725/bu+0.02−35–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)5.2725

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8325/bu+0.03−14¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8575
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9600/bu+0.03+22¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9100
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6025–3.6525/bu+0.03−37–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6758
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6200–3.7600/bu+0.03−12–+2¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7600
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6225–3.6725/bu+0.03−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7075
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6900–3.8400/bu+0.03−5–+10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7500
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.2425–3.8025/bu+0.03−73–−17¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5075
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3800–3.8200/bu+0.03−36–+8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5020
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5725–3.6825/bu+0.03−40–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6832
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4100–3.6900/bu+0.01−33–−5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6271
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5725–3.6225/bu+0.03−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6425
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4400–3.6900/bu+0.03−30–−5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5714
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5225–3.6925/bu+0.03−45–−28¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6406
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5200–3.7100/bu+0.03−22–−3¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6080
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4225–3.7025/bu+0.03−55–−27¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5913
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3200–3.6600/bu+0.03−42–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5872
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5725–3.6725/bu+0.01−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6450
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6900–3.8400/bu+0.03−5–+10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6040
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4725–3.6225/bu+0.03−50–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6204
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3700–3.5600/bu+0.03−37–−18¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5543
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered3.7400–3.9100/bu+0.030–+17¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7879
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered3.8900–3.9700/bu+0.03+15–+23¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8450
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered3.7400–3.9700/bu+0.130–+23¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8450
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.