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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Thu, Aug 28
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1200/bu+0.01−36¢/BuNovember (X)9.7450
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2000/bu+0.02−28¢/BuNovember (X)9.7450
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9800–10.0800/bu+0.01−50–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.5217
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9300–10.5000/bu+0.01−55–+2¢/BuNovember (X)9.6267
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8300–9.9300/bu+0.01−65–−55¢/BuNovember (X)9.4800
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8800–10.2800/bu+0.01−60–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.7300
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5500–9.9800/bu+0.01−93–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.3390
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7300–9.9800/bu+0.04−75–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.3030
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7000–10.0800/bu+0.01−78–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.4317
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5900–10.1800/bu+0.01−89–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.2800
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9800–10.1800/bu+0.01−50–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.5163
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0800–10.5000/bu+0.01−40–+2¢/BuNovember (X)9.6736
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9300–10.0800/bu+0.01−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.4638
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9000–10.2600/bu+0.01−58–−22¢/BuNovember (X)9.5236
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6300–9.9800/bu+0.01−85–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.3793
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7800–9.9800/bu+0.01−70–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.3950
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9600–9.9800/bu+0.01−52–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.4750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9600–10.0600/bu+0.01−52–−42¢/BuNovember (X)9.5675
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8200–10.0800/bu+0.01−66–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.3350
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6600–10.1300/bu+0.01−82–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.4893
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.0800–10.6800/bu+0.01−40–+20¢/BuNovember (X)9.8830
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2800–10.7800/bu+0.01−20–+30¢/BuNovember (X)9.5750
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2800–10.7800/bu+0.01−20–+30¢/BuNovember (X)9.7750

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4025/bu+0.08−70¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6000
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2025/bu+0.08−90¢/BuSeptember (U)4.7333
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5025–4.6525/bu+0.08−60–−45¢/BuSeptember (U)4.7750
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered4.6525–4.9525/bu+0.08−45–−15¢/BuSeptember (U)5.2000

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9900/bu+0.04−11¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8100
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9550/bu+0.03+10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7375
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7500–3.8000/bu+0.04−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5683
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7550–3.8250/bu+0.03−10–−3¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5708
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7500–3.8500/bu+0.04−35–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6400
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7550–3.9050/bu+0.03−10–+5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6781
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4000–3.9500/bu+0.04−70–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.3960
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5050–3.9350/bu+0.05−35–+8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.3580
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7000–3.8100/bu+0.04−40–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6243
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5250–3.7750/bu+0.03−33–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5289
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6500–3.7600/bu+0.04−45–−34¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5925
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5550–3.7950/bu+0.03−30–−6¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4789
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6500–4.0000/bu+0.04−45–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5694
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5850–3.7950/bu+0.03−27–−6¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5355
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5800–3.8500/bu+0.04−52–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4638
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6350–3.8200/bu+0.03−22–−28¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4391
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7200–3.8000/bu+0.04−38–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5475
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7550–3.9050/bu+0.03−10–+5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4635
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6000–3.7500/bu+0.04−50–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5386
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5050–3.6250/bu+0.03−35–−23¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4318
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered3.8250–4.0550/bu+0.03−3–+20¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6983
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.0050–4.0850/bu+0.03+15–+23¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9975
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered3.8550–4.0850/bu+0.030–+23¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7575
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.