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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Fri, Aug 29
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1750/bu+0.06−37¢/BuNovember (X)9.8200
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2650/bu+0.07−28¢/BuNovember (X)9.7700
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0450–10.1450/bu+0.07−50–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.5967
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0450–10.4950/bu+0.12−50–−5¢/BuNovember (X)9.7133
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8950–9.9950/bu+0.07−65–−55¢/BuNovember (X)9.5525
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9450–10.3450/bu+0.07−60–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.7825
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6150–10.0450/bu+0.07−93–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.5350
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7950–10.0450/bu+0.07−75–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.4020
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7650–10.1450/bu+0.07−78–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.5417
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6550–10.2450/bu+0.07−89–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.3550
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0450–10.2450/bu+0.07−50–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.5913
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1450–10.5650/bu+0.07−40–+2¢/BuNovember (X)9.7171
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9950–10.1450/bu+0.07−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.5356
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9650–10.3250/bu+0.07−58–−22¢/BuNovember (X)9.5907
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6950–10.0450/bu+0.07−85–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.4575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8450–10.0450/bu+0.07−70–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.4643
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0250–10.0450/bu+0.07−52–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.5500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0250–10.1250/bu+0.07−52–−42¢/BuNovember (X)9.6300
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8850–10.1450/bu+0.07−66–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.4271
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6950–10.0950/bu+0.04−85–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.5157
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.1450–10.7450/bu+0.07−40–+20¢/BuNovember (X)9.9580
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3450–10.8450/bu+0.07−20–+30¢/BuNovember (X)9.6500
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3450–10.8450/bu+0.07−20–+30¢/BuNovember (X)9.8500

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4800/bu+0.08−70¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2800/bu+0.08−90¢/BuSeptember (U)4.8108
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5800–4.7300/bu+0.08−60–−45¢/BuSeptember (U)4.8463
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered4.7300–5.0300/bu+0.08−45–−15¢/BuSeptember (U)5.2775

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0925/bu+0.10−11¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9100
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0800/bu+0.13+10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8900
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8525–3.9025/bu+0.10−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6350
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8525–3.9400/bu+0.10−35–−4¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6550
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8525–3.9525/bu+0.10−35–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9300–4.0300/bu+0.18−5–+5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7750
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5025–4.0525/bu+0.10−70–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5600
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6300–4.0600/bu+0.13−35–+8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4880
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8025–3.9125/bu+0.10−40–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6771
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6025–3.9000/bu+0.08−60–−8¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6200
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7525–3.8625/bu+0.10−45–−34¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6388
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6800–3.9200/bu+0.13−30–−6¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5443
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7525–4.1025/bu+0.10−45–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6206
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7100–3.9200/bu+0.13−27–−6¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5925
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6825–3.9525/bu+0.10−52–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5360
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7700–3.9225/bu+0.14−21–−28¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5075
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8225–3.9025/bu+0.10−38–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5975
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8800–4.0300/bu+0.13−10–+5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5060
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7025–3.8525/bu+0.10−50–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5914
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6300–3.7425/bu+0.13−35–−46¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5129
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered3.9500–4.1800/bu+0.13−3–+20¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7583
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.1300–4.2100/bu+0.13+15–+23¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0300
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered3.9800–4.2100/bu+0.130–+23¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8050
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.