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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Fri, Nov 21
● Bids as filed49 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5000/bu+0.03+25¢/BuJanuary (F)10.1650
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3300/bu+0.03+8¢/BuJanuary (F)10.1750
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1700–11.2200/bu+0.03−8–−3¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8517
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0000–11.1300/bu+0.03−25–−12¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8567
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2000–11.2800/bu+0.03−5–+3¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9350
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0900–11.1800/bu+0.04−16–−7¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9225
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9000–11.1200/bu+0.03−35–−13¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8100
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8100–11.2300/bu+0.03−44–−2¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7325
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7700–10.9700/bu+0.03−48–−28¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6300–10.9000/bu+0.03−62–−35¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4200
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9000–11.0700/bu+0.03−35–−18¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6325
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8100–11.0800/bu+0.03−44–−17¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5663
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8700–11.0400/bu+0.03−38–−21¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8300–10.9500/bu+0.04−42–−30¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5631
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9500–11.2100/bu+0.03−30–−4¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9100–11.0800/bu+0.03−34–−17¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7836
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0000–11.0500/bu+0.01−25–−20¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6517
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9500/bu+0.03−30¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5850
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7400–11.0600/bu+0.03−51–−19¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7200–10.8900/bu+0.03−53–−36¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5800
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.1000–11.2500/bu+0.03−15–0¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8670
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1500–11.2500/bu+0.03−10–0¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8600
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0500–11.2500/bu+0.03−20–0¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8600

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1700/bu+0.02−40¢/BuJuly (N)5.4775
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5700–4.7700/bu—−70–−50¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.1700/bu—−10¢/BuDecember (Z)5.5175

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5550/bu+0.00+18¢/BuMarch (H)4.6225
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4050/bu+0.01+15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5550
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2850–4.3250/bu+0.00−9–−5¢/BuMarch (H)4.2858
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1150–4.2050/bu+0.01−14–−5¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2367
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3150–4.3750/bu+0.00−6–0¢/BuMarch (H)4.3750
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2350–4.3550/bu+0.01−2–+10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3250
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9450–4.5450/bu+0.00−43–+17¢/BuMarch (H)4.2525
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8250–4.4050/bu+0.01−43–+15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1950
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9550–4.1750/bu+0.00−42–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.0839
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8550–4.1050/bu+0.01−40–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9964
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0550–4.1750/bu+0.00−32–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.0563
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9250–4.0850/bu+0.01−33–−17¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9736
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0450–4.1950/bu+0.00−33–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.1075
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9950–4.1050/bu+0.01−26–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0581
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1150–4.2550/bu+0.00−26–−12¢/BuMarch (H)4.2511
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0050–4.2150/bu+0.01−25–−4¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1975
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1750–4.2250/bu+0.00−20–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.1900
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0850–4.1550/bu+0.02−17–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0925
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0050–4.1550/bu+0.00−37–−22¢/BuMarch (H)4.0682
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9350–4.0650/bu+0.01−32–−19¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0236
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.1550–4.3550/bu+0.01−10–+10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2300
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.2050–4.3150/bu+0.01−5–+6¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2650
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.1050–4.2350/bu+0.01−15–−2¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2650
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.