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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Mon, Aug 25
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0775/bu+0.11−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.5575
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1975/bu+0.11−28¢/BuNovember (X)9.6975
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9775–10.0775/bu+0.11−50–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.3925
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9275–10.4975/bu+0.11−55–+2¢/BuNovember (X)9.5142
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8275–9.9275/bu+0.11−65–−55¢/BuNovember (X)9.3350
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8775–10.3775/bu+0.11−60–−10¢/BuNovember (X)9.6125
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5475–9.9775/bu+0.11−93–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.1475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6175–9.9775/bu+0.09−86–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.2195
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6975–10.0775/bu+0.11−78–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.3208
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6175–10.1775/bu+0.11−86–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.1942
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9775–10.1775/bu+0.11−50–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.3950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0775–10.4975/bu+0.11−40–+2¢/BuNovember (X)9.6246
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9275–10.0775/bu+0.11−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.3556
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8975–10.2575/bu+0.11−58–−22¢/BuNovember (X)9.5462
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6275–9.9775/bu+0.11−85–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.1989
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7475–9.9775/bu+0.07−73–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.3004
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9575–9.9775/bu+0.11−52–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.3742
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9575–10.0575/bu+0.11−52–−42¢/BuNovember (X)9.4875
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8175–10.0775/bu+0.11−66–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.2132
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6575–10.1275/bu+0.11−82–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.3589
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.0775–10.6775/bu+0.11−40–+20¢/BuNovember (X)9.8855
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2775–10.7775/bu+0.11−20–+30¢/BuNovember (X)9.4575
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2775–10.7775/bu+0.11−20–+30¢/BuNovember (X)9.7575

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3675/bu+0.02−70¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6050
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1675/bu+0.02−90¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4633
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4675–4.6175/bu+0.02−60–−45¢/BuSeptember (U)4.5300
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered4.6175–4.9175/bu+0.02−45–−15¢/BuSeptember (U)4.9050

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0325/bu+0.01−9¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7550
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0325/bu+0.02+14¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6000
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7725–3.8225/bu+0.01−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7925–3.8725/bu+0.01−10–−2¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4650
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7725–3.8725/bu+0.01−35–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5050
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7925–3.9725/bu+0.01−10–+8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5400
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4225–3.9725/bu+0.01−70–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.2310
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4725–3.9725/bu+0.01−42–+8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.1640
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7225–3.8325/bu+0.01−40–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5321
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5625–3.8125/bu+0.01−33–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4100
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6725–3.7825/bu+0.01−45–−34¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4988
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5925–3.8425/bu+0.01−30–−5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.3700
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6725–4.0225/bu+0.01−45–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4819
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6225–3.8325/bu+0.01−27–−6¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4243
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6025–3.8725/bu+0.01−52–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.3388
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5725–3.8025/bu+0.01−32¢/BuSeptember (U)3.2919
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7425–3.8225/bu+0.01−38–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4400
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8225–3.9425/bu+0.01−7–+5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.3850
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6225–3.7725/bu+0.01−50–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4521
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5925–3.6625/bu+0.01−30–−23¢/BuSeptember (U)3.3057
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered3.8625–4.0925/bu+0.01−3–+20¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6017
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.0425–4.1225/bu+0.01+15–+23¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8700
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered3.8925–4.1225/bu+0.010–+23¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6700
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.