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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Tue, Nov 25
● Bids as filed49 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4975/bu+0.02+25¢/BuJanuary (F)10.1650
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3275/bu+0.02+8¢/BuJanuary (F)10.1750
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1475–11.1975/bu+0.01−10–−5¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8567
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9975–11.0675/bu+0.02−25–−18¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8650
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1975–11.2775/bu+0.02−5–+3¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9325
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1075–11.1475/bu+0.04−14–−10¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9125
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8975–11.1175/bu+0.02−35–−13¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8375–11.2975/bu+0.05−41–+5¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7350
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7875–10.9775/bu+0.02−46–−27¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6275–10.8975/bu+0.02−62–−35¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4200
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9175–11.0975/bu+0.02−33–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6350
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8475–11.0775/bu+0.04−40–−17¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5700
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8675–11.0375/bu+0.02−38–−21¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8275–10.9575/bu+0.02−42–−29¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5613
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9475–11.2075/bu+0.02−30–−4¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7883
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9075–11.1475/bu+0.02−34–−10¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7907
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9975–11.0475/bu+0.02−25–−20¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6517
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9475–10.9675/bu+0.02−30–−28¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6017
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7175–11.0375/bu+0.01−53–−21¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7175–10.8975/bu+0.02−53–−35¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6083
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.0975–11.2475/bu+0.02−15–0¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8670
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1475–11.2475/bu+0.02−10–0¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8600
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0475–11.2475/bu+0.02−20–0¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8600

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1550/bu+0.04−40¢/BuJuly (N)5.4000
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7725–4.8725/bu+0.05−50–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.1725/bu+0.05−10¢/BuDecember (Z)5.4700

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5625/bu+0.02+18¢/BuMarch (H)4.5500
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3850/bu+0.00+15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5100
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2925–4.3425/bu+0.02−9–−4¢/BuMarch (H)4.2150
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0950–4.2050/bu+0.00−14–−3¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1817
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3225–4.3825/bu+0.02−6–0¢/BuMarch (H)4.3125
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2150–4.3350/bu+0.00−2–+10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2750
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9525–4.5525/bu+0.02−43–+17¢/BuMarch (H)4.2000
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8750–4.3850/bu+0.07−36–+15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1640
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9625–4.1825/bu+0.02−42–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.0114
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8350–4.0850/bu+0.00−40–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9371
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0625–4.1825/bu+0.02−32–−20¢/BuMarch (H)3.9875
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9050–4.0650/bu+0.00−33–−17¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9229
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0625–4.2025/bu+0.02−32–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.0394
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9950–4.1050/bu+0.00−24–−13¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0056
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1225–4.2625/bu+0.02−26–−12¢/BuMarch (H)4.1943
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9950–4.2250/bu+0.01−24–−1¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1613
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1825–4.2325/bu+0.02−20–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.1300
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0350–4.1350/bu+0.05−20–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0500
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0125–4.1425/bu+0.02−37–−24¢/BuMarch (H)3.9957
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9350–4.0450/bu+0.02−30–−19¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9786
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.1350–4.3350/bu+0.00−10–+10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1767
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.1850–4.2950/bu+0.00−5–+6¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2100
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.0850–4.2150/bu+0.00−15–−2¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2100
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.