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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Fri, Sep 26
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8075/bu+0.02−33¢/BuNovember (X)10.4975
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8675/bu+0.02−27¢/BuNovember (X)10.4975
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6075–9.7375/bu+0.02−53–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.2675
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6075–9.7375/bu+0.02−53–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.2675
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5375–9.7375/bu+0.02−60–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.2575
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5375–9.7375/bu+0.02−60–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.2575
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2375–9.7875/bu+0.02−90–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.0795
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2375–9.8375/bu+0.02−90–−30¢/BuNovember (X)10.0795
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4775–9.7375/bu+0.02−66–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.1792
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4775–9.7375/bu+0.02−66–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.1142
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6375–9.8375/bu+0.02−50–−30¢/BuNovember (X)10.2500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6375–9.8375/bu+0.02−50–−30¢/BuNovember (X)10.2675
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5075–9.7175/bu+0.02−63–−42¢/BuNovember (X)10.1950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6075–9.7175/bu+0.02−53–−42¢/BuNovember (X)10.1975
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4175–9.6375/bu+0.05−72–−50¢/BuNovember (X)10.1418
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4175–9.6375/bu+0.05−72–−50¢/BuNovember (X)10.1418
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6375–9.6875/bu+0.02−50–−45¢/BuNovember (X)10.2075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6375–9.6875/bu+0.02−50–−45¢/BuNovember (X)10.2075
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4375–9.7375/bu+0.02−70–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.0246
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4375–9.7375/bu+0.02−70–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.9946
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.8375–9.8875/bu+0.02−30–−25¢/BuNovember (X)10.3875
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9375/bu+0.02−20¢/BuNovember (X)10.4575
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8875/bu+0.02−25¢/BuNovember (X)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8875–9.9375/bu+0.02−25–−20¢/BuNovember (X)10.4825

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2075/bu+0.06−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6975/bu+0.07−50¢/BuDecember (Z)5.2000
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered4.3475–4.8975/bu+0.07−85–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)5.6000

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1600/bu+0.03−6¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0500
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2100/bu+0.03−1¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0500
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8300–3.9700/bu+0.04−39–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7850
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8300–3.9700/bu+0.04−39–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7850
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9500–4.0100/bu+0.04−27–−21¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9500–4.0100/bu+0.04−27–−21¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8600
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6100–4.1700/bu+0.02−61–−5¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6000
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6100–4.1700/bu+0.02−61–−5¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6020
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7600–3.8700/bu+0.04−46–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8271
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7600–3.8700/bu+0.04−46–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8300
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7700–3.9200/bu+0.04−45–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8063
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7700–3.9200/bu+0.04−45–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8113
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8200–4.0200/bu+0.04−40–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7806
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8200–4.0200/bu+0.04−40–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7700
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7700–4.0000/bu+0.01−45–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6913
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7700–4.0000/bu+0.01−45–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6913
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8200–3.9200/bu+0.04−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7550
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8200–3.9700/bu+0.04−40–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7550
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7200–3.9200/bu+0.04−50–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7400
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7200–3.9200/bu+0.04−50–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7071
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered3.9700–4.1700/bu+0.04−25–−5¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9133
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered3.8700–4.1300/bu+0.04−35–−9¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0200
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.0700–4.3000/bu+0.04−15–+8¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0700
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.