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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Tue, Sep 2
● Bids as filed49 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0400/bu+0.14−37¢/BuNovember (X)9.9300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1300/bu+0.14−28¢/BuNovember (X)9.9300
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9100–10.0100/bu+0.14−50–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.7000
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8800–10.2600/bu+0.17−53–−15¢/BuNovember (X)9.7333
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7600–9.8600/bu+0.14−65–−55¢/BuNovember (X)9.6950
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8100–10.2100/bu+0.14−60–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.8175
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4800–9.9100/bu+0.14−93–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.6020
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6700–10.1100/bu+0.13−74–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.5820
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5500–10.0100/bu+0.22−86–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.6583
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5500–10.0100/bu+0.11−86–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.5533
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9100–10.1100/bu+0.14−50–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.7113
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9100–10.2500/bu+0.24−50–−16¢/BuNovember (X)9.8371
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8600–10.2300/bu+0.14−55–−18¢/BuNovember (X)9.6556
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8600–10.1600/bu+0.11−55–−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.7093
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5600–9.9100/bu+0.14−85–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.6314
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7300–9.9100/bu+0.12−68–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.6243
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8900–10.0300/bu+0.14−52–−38¢/BuNovember (X)9.6700
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8600–9.9600/bu+0.17−55–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.7000
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7700–10.0100/bu+0.12−64–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.5314
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5300–10.0100/bu+0.17−88–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.5486
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.0500–10.5600/bu+0.10−36–+15¢/BuNovember (X)10.0080
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2100–10.5100/bu—−20–+10¢/BuNovember (X)9.7700
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2100–10.5100/bu+0.14−20–+10¢/BuNovember (X)9.9700

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3825/bu+0.10−90¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6300–4.6800/bu+0.05−50–−45¢/BuSeptember (U)5.0188
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered4.5300–4.9800/bu+0.20−60–−15¢/BuSeptember (U)5.4950

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1200/bu+0.03−11¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9925
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1000/bu+0.02−13¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9725
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8800–3.9300/bu+0.03−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7208
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8800–3.9500/bu+0.03−35–−8¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7425
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8800–3.9800/bu+0.03−35–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8025
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9500–4.0500/bu+0.02−28–−18¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8475
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5300–4.0800/bu+0.03−70–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6325
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.5800–4.1300/bu+0.05−45–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6265
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6900–3.9300/bu+0.11−54–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7611
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6900–3.8800/bu+0.09−54–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7625
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8000–3.8800/bu+0.05−43–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7213
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8300–3.9800/bu+0.15−40–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6768
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7900–4.0300/bu+0.04−44–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7031
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6800–3.9800/bu+0.03−35–−25¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6881
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7100–3.9800/bu+0.03−52–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6588
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7800–4.0300/bu+0.01−45–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6575
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8500–3.9800/bu+0.03−38–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6800
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8300–4.0300/bu+0.05−40–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6170
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7300–3.8800/bu+0.03−50–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6668
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6700–3.8800/bu+0.04−56–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6529
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.0000–4.1800/bu+0.05−3–−5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8342
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.1800–4.2300/bu—+15–0¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0725
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.1800–4.2300/bu+0.20+15–0¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9825
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.