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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Fri, Dec 5
● Bids as filed49 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2625/bu+0.14+21¢/BuJanuary (F)10.3075
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2825/bu+0.14+23¢/BuJanuary (F)10.2875
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9525–11.0025/bu+0.14−10–−5¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9658
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8525–10.9525/bu+0.14−20–−10¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9792
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0625–11.0825/bu+0.14+1–+3¢/BuJanuary (F)10.0475
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9525–11.0525/bu+0.14−10–0¢/BuJanuary (F)10.0475
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7025–11.2725/bu+0.14−35–+22¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9550
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6625–11.2525/bu+0.12−39–+20¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9515
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5725–10.7825/bu+0.14−48–−27¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6108
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4925–10.6925/bu+0.14−56–−36¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5542
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7225–10.9025/bu+0.14−33–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7438
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6725–10.9025/bu+0.14−38–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7075
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6725–10.8225/bu+0.14−38–−23¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7225
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6425–10.8025/bu+0.14−41–−25¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6850
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8325–11.0825/bu+0.14−22–+3¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9158
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7525–10.9525/bu+0.11−30–−10¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9189
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8525/bu+0.14−20¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7608
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7825–10.8025/bu+0.14−27–−25¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7442
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4725–10.8125/bu+0.14−58–−24¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6589
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5325–10.7825/bu+0.14−52–−27¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7146
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.8725–11.0525/bu+0.14−18–0¢/BuJanuary (F)10.0415
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9525–11.0525/bu+0.14−10–0¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8525–11.0525/bu+0.14−20–0¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9875

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1100/bu+0.04−40¢/BuJuly (N)5.3625
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8750–4.9575/bu+0.04−50–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.2750/bu+0.04−10¢/BuDecember (Z)5.5000

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6275/bu+0.03+18¢/BuMarch (H)4.6800
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6575/bu+0.03+21¢/BuMarch (H)4.6200
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3575–4.4075/bu+0.03−9–−4¢/BuMarch (H)4.3550
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1975–4.5075/bu+0.01−17–+6¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3500
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3875–4.4575/bu+0.03−6–+1¢/BuMarch (H)4.4350
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3475–4.4775/bu+0.01−2–+3¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3950
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1475–4.6175/bu+0.03−30–+17¢/BuMarch (H)4.3200
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0775–4.6375/bu+0.01−29–+19¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3020
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0075–4.2775/bu+0.03−44–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.1457
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1375–4.3475/bu+0.03−31–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.1218
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1275–4.2975/bu+0.03−32–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.1088
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0475–4.2575/bu+0.03−40–−19¢/BuMarch (H)4.1025
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1275–4.2775/bu+0.03−32–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.1713
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1075–4.2475/bu+0.03−34–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.1594
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1875–4.4575/bu+0.03−26–+1¢/BuMarch (H)4.3257
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1275–4.3875/bu+0.01−24–−6¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2950
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2475–4.3175/bu+0.03−20–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.2525
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1975–4.2875/bu+0.03−25–−16¢/BuMarch (H)4.2275
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0875–4.2075/bu+0.03−36–−24¢/BuMarch (H)4.1229
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0675–4.2575/bu+0.03−38–−19¢/BuMarch (H)4.1450
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.2475–4.4675/bu+0.03−20–+10¢/BuMarch (H)4.3746
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.2475–4.3875/bu+0.03−20–−6¢/BuMarch (H)—
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.2475–4.4375/bu+0.03−20–−1¢/BuMarch (H)4.3900
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.