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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Tue, Sep 30
● Bids as filed49 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6875/bu+0.09−33¢/BuNovember (X)10.4125
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7175/bu+0.09−30¢/BuNovember (X)10.4125
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4375–9.5675/bu+0.14−58–−45¢/BuNovember (X)10.1825
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4375–9.5675/bu+0.14−58–−45¢/BuNovember (X)10.1825
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5175–9.6175/bu+0.02−50–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.1225
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5175–9.6175/bu+0.02−50–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.1225
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2175–9.7175/bu+0.01−80–−30¢/BuNovember (X)10.1185
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2175–9.7175/bu+0.01−80–−30¢/BuNovember (X)10.1185
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3675–9.6675/bu+0.09−65–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.0892
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3675–9.6675/bu+0.09−65–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.0408
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5175–9.6675/bu+0.09−50–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.1739
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5175–9.6675/bu+0.09−50–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.2025
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4675–9.6075/bu+0.01−55–−41¢/BuNovember (X)10.1119
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5075–9.6075/bu+0.09−51–−41¢/BuNovember (X)10.1131
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3675–9.5275/bu+0.02−65–−49¢/BuNovember (X)10.1096
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3675–9.5275/bu+0.02−65–−49¢/BuNovember (X)10.1096
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5175–9.5675/bu+0.09−50–−45¢/BuNovember (X)10.1225
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5175–9.5675/bu+0.09−50–−45¢/BuNovember (X)10.1225
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3175–9.6175/bu+0.09−70–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.9154
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3175–9.4375/bu+0.09−70–−58¢/BuNovember (X)9.9154
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.6475–9.7675/bu+0.16−37–−25¢/BuNovember (X)10.3025
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7675–9.9175/bu+0.14−25–−10¢/BuNovember (X)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7675–9.9175/bu+0.09−25–−10¢/BuNovember (X)10.4475

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1175/bu+0.09−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5800/bu+0.12−50¢/BuDecember (Z)5.6400
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered4.2300–4.7800/bu+0.12−85–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)5.7900

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0950/bu+0.06−6¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1650/bu+0.04+1¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1600
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8650–3.9050/bu+0.04−29–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8950
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8650–3.9050/bu+0.04−29–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8950
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9050–3.9650/bu+0.04−25–−19¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9050–3.9650/bu+0.04−25–−19¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9700
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6250–4.1050/bu+0.02−53–−5¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8760
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6250–4.1050/bu+0.02−53–−5¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8760
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7050–3.8050/bu+0.06−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9386
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7050–3.8050/bu+0.06−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9386
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7550–3.8550/bu+0.01−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9200
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7550–3.8550/bu+0.01−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9325
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7550–3.9550/bu+0.06−40–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8906
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7550–3.9550/bu+0.06−40–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8800
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7250–3.9550/bu+0.06−43–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8913
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7250–3.9550/bu+0.06−43–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8913
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7550–3.9050/bu+0.06−40–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8525
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7550–3.9050/bu+0.06−40–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8525
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6550–3.8650/bu+0.06−50–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8500
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6550–3.8650/bu+0.06−50–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8443
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered3.9050–4.1050/bu+0.06−25–−5¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0233
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.0650/bu+0.20−9¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.0050–4.3350/bu+0.06−15–+18¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1800
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.