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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Tue, Sep 16
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1175/bu+0.08−38¢/BuNovember (X)9.8200
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2275/bu+0.07−27¢/BuNovember (X)9.7200
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8675–10.1675/bu+0.07−63–−33¢/BuNovember (X)9.6200
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8675–10.1975/bu+0.07−63–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.6200
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8975–10.0475/bu+0.07−60–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.5675
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8975–10.0475/bu+0.07−60–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.5675
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5575–10.0975/bu+0.07−94–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.3760
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5575–10.1475/bu+0.02−94–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.3900
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8375–10.0975/bu+0.07−66–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.5733
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8375–10.0975/bu+0.08−66–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.5317
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9975–10.1975/bu+0.07−50–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.6475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9975–10.2475/bu+0.07−50–−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.6788
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8675–10.0775/bu+0.07−63–−42¢/BuNovember (X)9.5894
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9275–10.0675/bu+0.07−57–−43¢/BuNovember (X)9.5925
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7375–9.9975/bu+0.07−76–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.4543
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7375–9.9975/bu+0.02−76–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.4543
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9975–10.0475/bu+0.09−50–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.6100
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9975–10.0475/bu+0.05−50–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.6100
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8475–10.0975/bu+0.07−65–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.4614
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6175–10.0975/bu+0.07−88–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.4314
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.1475–10.2975/bu+0.07−35–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.8000
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2975/bu+0.07−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.8600
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2475/bu+0.07−25¢/BuNovember (X)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2475–10.2975/bu+0.07−25–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.9600

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3250/bu+0.09−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8400/bu+0.09−50¢/BuDecember (Z)5.1325
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered4.4900–5.0400/bu+0.04−85–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)5.5575

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1950/bu+0.01−10¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9450
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2950/bu+0.070¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8650
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9650–3.9950/bu+0.07−33–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7233
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9650–4.0450/bu+0.06−33–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7267
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0250–4.0650/bu+0.04−27–−23¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8050
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0250–4.0650/bu+0.04−27–−23¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7925
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6650–4.1450/bu+0.06−63–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5370
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6750–4.2250/bu+0.06−62–−7¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5170
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8450–3.9950/bu+0.06−45–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7807
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8050–3.9950/bu+0.07−49–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7836
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8450–3.9950/bu+0.06−45–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7538
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8450–3.9450/bu+0.06−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7463
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8550–4.1150/bu+0.06−44–−18¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7288
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8950–4.0950/bu+0.06−40–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7190
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8450–4.0450/bu+0.06−45–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6188
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8550–4.0450/bu+0.06−44–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6125
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8950–3.9950/bu+0.06−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6875
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8950–4.0450/bu+0.06−40–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6875
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7950–3.9450/bu+0.06−50–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7021
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7950–3.9550/bu+0.06−50–−34¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6779
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.0450–4.2450/bu+0.06−25–−5¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8617
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered3.9450–4.2050/bu+0.06−35–−9¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9650
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.0950–4.2450/bu+0.09−20–−5¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0400
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.