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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Tue, Aug 19
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8875/bu+0.08−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.4600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9375/bu+0.08−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.6000
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8375–9.9875/bu+0.08−50–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.3533
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7575–10.3575/bu+0.16−58–+2¢/BuNovember (X)9.4783
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7875–9.9375/bu+0.08−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.2767
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8875–10.3375/bu+0.08−45–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.6300
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4375–9.9875/bu+0.08−90–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.0760
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4675–9.8375/bu+0.07−87–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.1680
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4875–9.9375/bu+0.16−85–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.2917
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4875–10.0375/bu+0.02−85–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.2300
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8375–10.0375/bu+0.08−50–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.3563
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9375–10.3575/bu+0.08−40–+2¢/BuNovember (X)9.6271
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7175–9.9375/bu+0.10−62–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.3213
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7575–10.1175/bu+0.08−58–−22¢/BuNovember (X)9.5979
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5075–9.8375/bu+0.08−83–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.1514
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5675–9.8375/bu+0.10−77–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.2529
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8375–9.8575/bu+0.08−50–−48¢/BuNovember (X)9.3267
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8575–9.9175/bu+0.11−48–−42¢/BuNovember (X)9.5150
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6775–9.9375/bu+0.10−66–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.1771
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5175–9.9575/bu+0.08−82–−38¢/BuNovember (X)9.3400
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.9375–10.5375/bu+0.13−40–+20¢/BuNovember (X)9.9600
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1375–10.6375/bu+0.08−20–+30¢/BuNovember (X)9.4100
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1375–10.6375/bu+0.08−20–+30¢/BuNovember (X)9.8850

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2850/bu+0.04−70¢/BuSeptember (U)4.9550
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0850/bu+0.04−90¢/BuSeptember (U)4.8300
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3850–4.5350/bu+0.04−60–−45¢/BuSeptember (U)4.8800
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered4.5850–4.8350/bu+0.04−40–−15¢/BuSeptember (U)5.2550

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9325/bu+0.03−10¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8850/bu+0.04+9¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6100
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6625–3.7125/bu+0.03−37–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6817
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7450–3.7950/bu+0.04−5–0¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5950
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6825–3.7325/bu+0.03−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6150
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7450–3.9450/bu+0.04−5–+15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6050
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3325–3.8825/bu+0.03−70–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.3280
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3750–3.8750/bu+0.04−42–+8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.2420
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6325–3.7425/bu+0.03−40–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6543
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4650–3.7150/bu+0.04−33–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5486
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5825–3.6925/bu+0.03−45–−34¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6150
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4950–3.7450/bu+0.04−30–−5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5114
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5825–3.9325/bu+0.03−45–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5956
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4450–3.7350/bu+0.04−35–−6¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5456
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5125–3.7525/bu+0.03−52–−28¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4475
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4450–3.7150/bu+0.02−35–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.3975
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6325–3.7325/bu+0.05−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5800
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7450–3.8450/bu+0.04−5–+5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5220
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5325–3.6825/bu+0.03−50–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5614
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4950–3.5950/bu+0.02−30–−20¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4443
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered3.7950–3.9950/bu+0.040–+20¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7383
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered3.9450–4.0250/bu+0.04+15–+23¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9300
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered3.7950–4.0250/bu+0.040–+23¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7650
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.