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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Tue, Aug 26
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0950/bu+0.02−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.6150
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2150/bu+0.02−28¢/BuNovember (X)9.7550
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9950–10.0950/bu+0.02−50–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.4617
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9450–10.5150/bu+0.02−55–+2¢/BuNovember (X)9.5700
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8450–9.9450/bu+0.02−65–−55¢/BuNovember (X)9.4150
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8950–10.3950/bu+0.02−60–−10¢/BuNovember (X)9.6675
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5650–9.9950/bu+0.02−93–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.2190
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6350–9.9950/bu+0.02−86–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.2410
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7150–10.0950/bu+0.02−78–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.3783
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6350–10.1950/bu+0.02−86–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.2333
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9950–10.1950/bu+0.02−50–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.4563
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0950–10.5150/bu+0.02−40–+2¢/BuNovember (X)9.6536
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9450–10.0950/bu+0.02−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.4063
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9150–10.2750/bu+0.02−58–−22¢/BuNovember (X)9.5336
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6450–9.9950/bu+0.02−85–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.2650
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7950–9.9950/bu+0.05−70–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.3507
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9750–9.9950/bu+0.02−52–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.4150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9750–10.0750/bu+0.02−52–−42¢/BuNovember (X)9.5325
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8350–10.0950/bu+0.02−66–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.2707
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6750–10.1450/bu+0.02−82–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.4250
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.0950–10.6950/bu+0.02−40–+20¢/BuNovember (X)9.9110
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2950–10.7950/bu+0.02−20–+30¢/BuNovember (X)9.5150
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2950–10.7950/bu+0.02−20–+30¢/BuNovember (X)9.8150

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3950/bu+0.03−70¢/BuSeptember (U)4.7075
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1950/bu+0.03−90¢/BuSeptember (U)4.5658
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4950–4.6450/bu+0.03−60–−45¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6075
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered4.6450–4.9450/bu+0.03−45–−15¢/BuSeptember (U)5.0325

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0050/bu+0.03−9¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0150/bu+0.02+14¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6525
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7450–3.7950/bu+0.03−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5325
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7750–3.8550/bu+0.02−10–−2¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5142
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7450–3.8450/bu+0.03−35–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5875
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7750–3.9750/bu+0.02−10–+10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5925
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3950–3.9450/bu+0.03−70–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.3155
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4550–3.9550/bu+0.02−42–+8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.2345
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6950–3.8050/bu+0.03−40–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5946
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5450–3.7950/bu+0.02−33–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4625
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6450–3.7550/bu+0.03−45–−34¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5613
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5750–3.8250/bu+0.02−30–−5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4325
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6450–3.9950/bu+0.03−45–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5369
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6050–3.8150/bu+0.02−27–−6¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4866
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5750–3.8450/bu+0.03−52–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4038
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6250–3.7750/bu+0.05−25–−32¢/BuSeptember (U)3.3594
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7150–3.7950/bu+0.03−38–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5275
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8050–3.9250/bu+0.02−7–+5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4045
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5950–3.7450/bu+0.03−50–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5146
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5750–3.6450/bu+0.02−30–−23¢/BuSeptember (U)3.3711
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered3.8450–4.0750/bu+0.02−3–+20¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6575
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.0250–4.1050/bu+0.02+15–+23¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9025
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered3.8750–4.1050/bu+0.020–+23¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7125
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.