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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Thu, Oct 2
● Bids as filed49 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0375/bu+0.19−20¢/BuNovember (X)10.2600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0775/bu+0.23−16¢/BuNovember (X)10.2600
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6875–9.7875/bu+0.14−55–−45¢/BuNovember (X)10.0700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6875–9.7875/bu+0.14−55–−45¢/BuNovember (X)10.0700
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7375–9.8875/bu+0.11−50–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.9975
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7375–9.8875/bu+0.11−50–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.9975
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4375–10.0375/bu+0.11−80–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.8960
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4375–10.0375/bu+0.11−80–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.8960
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5875–9.8875/bu+0.11−65–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.9767
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5875–9.8875/bu+0.11−65–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.9283
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7375–9.8875/bu+0.11−50–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.0614
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7375–9.8875/bu+0.11−50–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.0900
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6875–9.8175/bu+0.11−55–−42¢/BuNovember (X)10.0006
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7175–9.8175/bu+0.10−52–−42¢/BuNovember (X)10.0013
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6175–9.7675/bu+0.14−62–−47¢/BuNovember (X)9.9329
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6175–9.7675/bu+0.14−62–−47¢/BuNovember (X)9.9214
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7375–9.7875/bu+0.11−50–−45¢/BuNovember (X)10.0100
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7375–9.7875/bu+0.11−50–−45¢/BuNovember (X)10.0100
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5375–9.7875/bu+0.11−70–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.8086
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5375–9.7875/bu+0.11−70–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.8086
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.8875–9.9875/bu+0.13−35–−25¢/BuNovember (X)10.1740
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9875–10.0875/bu+0.11−25–−15¢/BuNovember (X)10.2850
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9875–10.0875/bu+0.11−25–−15¢/BuNovember (X)10.3350

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1725/bu+0.05−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6475/bu+0.06−50¢/BuDecember (Z)5.6850
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered4.7475–4.8975/bu+0.06−40–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)5.8600

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2475/bu+0.14+3¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1225
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2675/bu+0.16+5¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1225
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9675–4.0175/bu+0.10−25–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8875
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9675–4.0175/bu+0.10−25–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8875
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9675–4.0675/bu+0.05−25–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9750
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9675–4.0675/bu+0.05−25–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9500
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6875–4.2175/bu+0.05−53–0¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7725
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6875–4.2175/bu+0.05−53–0¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7725
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7675–3.8675/bu+0.05−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9296
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7675–3.8675/bu+0.05−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9296
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8175–3.9375/bu+0.05−40–−28¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9125
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8175–3.9375/bu+0.05−40–−28¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9250
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8175–4.0175/bu+0.05−40–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8813
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8175–4.0175/bu+0.05−40–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8765
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8175–4.0175/bu+0.05−40–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8388
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8175–4.0175/bu+0.05−40–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8313
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8175–3.9675/bu+0.05−40–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8575
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8175–3.9675/bu+0.05−40–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8575
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7175–3.9275/bu+0.05−50–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8468
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7175–3.9275/bu+0.05−50–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8411
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered3.9675–4.2175/bu+0.05−25–0¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0158
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered3.9175–4.1275/bu+0.05−30–−9¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1225
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered3.9175–4.3075/bu+0.05−30–+9¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1725
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.