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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Wed, Sep 17
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0675/bu+0.05−37¢/BuNovember (X)9.9000
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1775/bu+0.05−26¢/BuNovember (X)9.8200
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8075–10.0375/bu+0.06−63–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.7000
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8075–10.1375/bu+0.06−63–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.7000
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8375–9.9875/bu+0.06−60–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.6400
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8375–9.9875/bu+0.06−60–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.6400
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5075–10.0375/bu+0.05−93–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.4620
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5075–10.0875/bu+0.05−93–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.4740
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7775–10.0375/bu+0.06−66–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.6567
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7775–10.0375/bu+0.06−66–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.6100
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9375–10.1375/bu+0.06−50–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.7263
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9375–10.1875/bu+0.06−50–−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.7613
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8075–10.0175/bu+0.06−63–−42¢/BuNovember (X)9.6663
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8675–10.0075/bu+0.06−57–−43¢/BuNovember (X)9.6656
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6875–9.9375/bu+0.05−75–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.5343
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6875–9.9375/bu+0.05−75–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.5343
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9375–9.9875/bu+0.06−50–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.6900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9375–9.9875/bu+0.06−50–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.6900
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7875–10.0375/bu+0.06−65–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.5400
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5575–10.0375/bu+0.06−88–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.5057
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.1375–10.2375/bu+0.01−30–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.8800
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2375/bu+0.06−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.9400
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1875/bu+0.06−25¢/BuNovember (X)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1875–10.2375/bu+0.06−25–−20¢/BuNovember (X)10.0400

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2725/bu+0.05−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7825/bu+0.06−50¢/BuDecember (Z)5.1575
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered4.4325–4.9825/bu+0.06−85–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)5.5575

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1975/bu+0.00−7¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9475
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2675/bu+0.030¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8775
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9375–3.9675/bu+0.03−33–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7258
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9375–4.0175/bu+0.03−33–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7292
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9975–4.0475/bu+0.03−27–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8075
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9975–4.0475/bu+0.03−27–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7950
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6175–4.1175/bu+0.05−65–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5395
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6275–4.1975/bu+0.05−64–−7¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5195
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8175–3.9675/bu+0.03−45–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7818
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7775–3.9675/bu+0.03−49–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7846
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8175–3.9675/bu+0.03−45–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7538
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8175–3.9175/bu+0.03−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7525
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8275–4.1375/bu+0.03−44–−13¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7269
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8675–4.0675/bu+0.03−40–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7182
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7975–4.0575/bu+0.05−47–−21¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6225
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8075–4.0575/bu+0.05−46–−21¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6163
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8675–3.9675/bu+0.03−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7025
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8675–4.0175/bu+0.03−40–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7025
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7675–3.9175/bu+0.03−50–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7104
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7675–3.9275/bu+0.03−50–−34¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6818
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.0175–4.2175/bu+0.03−25–−5¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8642
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered3.9175–4.1775/bu+0.03−35–−9¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9675
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.0675–4.2175/bu+0.03−20–−5¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9925
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.