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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Tue, Dec 2
● Bids as filed49 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.0675–11.2475/bu+0.03−18–0¢/BuJanuary (F)10.0215
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1475–11.2475/bu+0.03−10–0¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0475–11.2475/bu+0.03−20–0¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9675
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4575/bu+0.03+21¢/BuJanuary (F)10.2875
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3375/bu+0.03+9¢/BuJanuary (F)10.2875
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1475–11.1975/bu+0.03−10–−5¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9392
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0175–11.0675/bu+0.03−23–−18¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9392
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2575–11.2775/bu+0.03+1–+3¢/BuJanuary (F)10.0250
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1375–11.1675/bu+0.03−11–−8¢/BuJanuary (F)10.0275
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8975–11.4675/bu+0.03−35–+22¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8375–11.3475/bu+0.03−41–+10¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9435
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7675–10.9775/bu+0.03−48–−27¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5908
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6475–10.8875/bu+0.03−60–−36¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5125
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9175–11.0975/bu+0.03−33–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7238
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8675–11.0975/bu+0.03−38–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6650
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8675–11.0175/bu+0.03−38–−23¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7013
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8275–10.9975/bu+0.02−42–−25¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6631
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0275–11.2775/bu+0.03−22–+3¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9175–11.1475/bu+0.03−33–−10¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9089
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0475/bu+0.02−20¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7408
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9875–10.9975/bu+0.03−26–−25¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7175
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6675–10.9975/bu+0.03−58–−25¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6389
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7475–10.8675/bu+0.03−50–−38¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6746

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1600/bu+0.04−40¢/BuJuly (N)5.2700
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8775–5.0100/bu+0.08−50–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.2775/bu+0.08−10¢/BuDecember (Z)5.4425

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6800/bu+0.05+18¢/BuMarch (H)4.6025
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6300/bu+0.05+13¢/BuMarch (H)4.5525
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4100–4.4600/bu+0.05−9–−4¢/BuMarch (H)4.2792
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2100–4.5400/bu+0.05−17–+4¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2875
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4400–4.5100/bu+0.05−6–+1¢/BuMarch (H)4.3500
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3600–4.6000/bu+0.05−2–+10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3075
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2000–4.6700/bu+0.05−30–+17¢/BuMarch (H)4.2750
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0900–4.6400/bu+0.12−29–+14¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2205
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0600–4.3300/bu+0.05−44–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.0682
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1500–4.4000/bu+0.17−35–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.0468
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1800–4.3500/bu+0.05−32–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.0313
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1000–4.3000/bu+0.05−40–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.0313
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1800–4.3300/bu+0.05−32–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.0919
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1600–4.3000/bu+0.05−34–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.0788
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2400–4.5100/bu+0.05−26–+1¢/BuMarch (H)4.2639
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1400–4.4400/bu+0.05−24–−6¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2113
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3000–4.3500/bu+0.05−20–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.1725
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2700–4.3000/bu+0.05−23–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.1425
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1400–4.2600/bu+0.06−36–−24¢/BuMarch (H)4.0454
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1200–4.2900/bu+0.19−38–−21¢/BuMarch (H)4.0511
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3000–4.4800/bu+0.05−20–+10¢/BuMarch (H)4.3008
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3000–4.4400/bu+0.05−20–−6¢/BuMarch (H)—
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3000–4.4900/bu+0.05−20–−1¢/BuMarch (H)4.2675
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.