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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Wed, Aug 27
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1150/bu+0.02−36¢/BuNovember (X)9.5900
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2150/bu—−26¢/BuNovember (X)9.6600
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9750–10.0750/bu+0.02−50–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.3667
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9250–10.4950/bu+0.02−55–+2¢/BuNovember (X)9.4683
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8250–9.9250/bu+0.02−65–−55¢/BuNovember (X)9.3325
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8750–10.2750/bu+0.02−60–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.5725
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5450–9.9750/bu+0.02−93–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.1340
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6950–9.9750/bu+0.06−78–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.1520
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6950–10.0750/bu+0.02−78–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.2767
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5850–10.1750/bu+0.05−89–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.1233
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9750–10.1750/bu+0.02−50–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.3613
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0750–10.4950/bu+0.02−40–+2¢/BuNovember (X)9.5229
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9250–10.0750/bu+0.02−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.3069
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8950–10.2550/bu+0.02−58–−22¢/BuNovember (X)9.3714
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6250–9.9750/bu+0.02−85–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.1871
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7750–9.9750/bu+0.02−70–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.2486
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9550–9.9750/bu+0.02−52–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.3200
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9550–10.0550/bu+0.02−52–−42¢/BuNovember (X)9.4375
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8150–10.0750/bu+0.02−66–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.1800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6550–10.1250/bu+0.02−82–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.3429
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.0750–10.6750/bu+0.02−40–+20¢/BuNovember (X)9.7560
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2750–10.7750/bu+0.02−20–+30¢/BuNovember (X)9.4200
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2750–10.7750/bu+0.02−20–+30¢/BuNovember (X)9.6200

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3225/bu+0.07−70¢/BuSeptember (U)4.7675
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1225/bu+0.07−90¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6258
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4225–4.5725/bu+0.07−60–−45¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6675
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered4.5725–4.8725/bu+0.07−45–−15¢/BuSeptember (U)5.0925

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9500/bu+0.06−11¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7575
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9250/bu+0.09+10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6525
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7100–3.7600/bu+0.04−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5125
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7250–3.8050/bu+0.05−10–−2¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4975
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7100–3.8100/bu+0.04−35–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5725
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7250–3.8750/bu+0.05−10–+5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5800
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3600–3.9100/bu+0.04−70–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.2995
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4550–3.9050/bu—−37–+8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.2245
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6600–3.7700/bu+0.04−40–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5718
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4950–3.7450/bu+0.05−33–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4611
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6100–3.7200/bu+0.04−45–−34¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5413
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5250–3.7650/bu+0.05−30–−6¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4111
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6100–3.9600/bu+0.04−45–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5175
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5550–3.7650/bu+0.05−27–−6¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4728
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5400–3.8100/bu+0.04−52–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.3838
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6050–3.7800/bu+0.02−22–−28¢/BuSeptember (U)3.3431
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6800–3.7600/bu+0.04−38–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5075
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7250–3.8750/bu+0.08−10–+5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.3905
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5600–3.7100/bu+0.04−50–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4861
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4750–3.5950/bu+0.10−35–−23¢/BuSeptember (U)3.3625
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered3.7950–4.0250/bu+0.05−3–+20¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6375
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered3.9750–4.0550/bu+0.05+15–+23¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9325
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered3.8250–4.0550/bu+0.050–+23¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6925
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.