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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Mon, Oct 6
● Bids as filed49 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4775–9.6375/bu+0.00−70–−54¢/BuNovember (X)9.6671
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4775–9.7275/bu+0.00−70–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.6671
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered9.8675–9.9775/bu+0.00−31–−20¢/BuNovember (X)10.0540
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9275–10.0275/bu+0.00−25–−15¢/BuNovember (X)10.2400
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9275–10.0275/bu+0.00−25–−15¢/BuNovember (X)10.2400
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0975/bu+0.06−8¢/BuNovember (X)10.1100
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0875/bu+0.03−9¢/BuNovember (X)10.1100
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6275–9.7275/bu+0.00−55–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.9167
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6275–9.7275/bu+0.00−55–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.9167
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6775–9.8275/bu+0.00−50–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.8525
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6775–9.8275/bu+0.00−50–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.8525
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4775–9.9775/bu+0.10−70–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.7560
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4775–9.9775/bu+0.10−70–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.7560
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5375–9.7775/bu+0.00−64–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.8567
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5375–9.8275/bu+0.00−64–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.8083
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6775–9.8275/bu+0.00−50–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.9450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6775–9.8275/bu+0.00−50–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.9388
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6275–9.7575/bu+0.00−55–−42¢/BuNovember (X)9.8775
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6575–9.7575/bu+0.00−52–−42¢/BuNovember (X)9.8769
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5975–9.7875/bu+0.00−58–−39¢/BuNovember (X)9.7786
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5975–9.7875/bu+0.00−58–−39¢/BuNovember (X)9.7714
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6775–9.7275/bu+0.00−50–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.8900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6775–9.7275/bu+0.00−50–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.8900

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1475/bu+0.02−40¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6275/bu—−50¢/BuDecember (Z)5.4250
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered4.7275–4.8775/bu+0.03−40–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)5.7500

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2775/bu+0.04+6¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0500
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3175/bu+0.05+10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0500
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9675–4.0375/bu+0.03−25–−18¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8650
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9675–4.0375/bu+0.03−25–−18¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8650
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9675–4.1175/bu+0.03−25–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9525
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9675–4.1175/bu+0.03−25–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9225
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7175–4.2175/bu+0.06−50–0¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7220
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7175–4.2175/bu+0.06−50–0¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6980
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8175–3.8675/bu+0.03−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9200
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8175–3.8675/bu+0.03−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9200
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8175–3.9375/bu+0.03−40–−28¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8863
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8175–3.9375/bu+0.03−40–−28¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9025
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8175–4.0175/bu+0.03−40–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8631
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8175–4.0175/bu+0.03−40–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8547
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8575–4.0275/bu+0.03−36–−19¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7800
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8575–4.0275/bu+0.03−36–−19¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7800
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8175–3.9175/bu+0.03−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8350
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8175–3.9175/bu+0.03−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8350
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7175–3.9375/bu+0.03−50–−28¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8243
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7175–3.9375/bu+0.03−50–−28¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8186
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered3.9175–4.2175/bu+0.02−30–0¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9933
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered3.9175–4.1275/bu+0.03−30–−9¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1000
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered3.9175–4.1275/bu+0.03−30–−9¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1500
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.