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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Wed, Dec 10
● Bids as filed49 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2025/bu+0.04+29¢/BuJanuary (F)10.3250
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1125/bu+0.02+20¢/BuJanuary (F)10.3050
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8125–10.8625/bu+0.04−10–−5¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9833
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7125–10.7925/bu+0.04−20–−12¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9933
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8825–10.9425/bu—−3–+3¢/BuJanuary (F)10.0675
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8125–10.9225/bu+0.04−10–+1¢/BuJanuary (F)10.0475
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5625–11.1325/bu+0.04−35–+22¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9725
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5225–11.1125/bu+0.04−39–+20¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9670
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4125–10.6625/bu+0.04−50–−25¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6283
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3325–10.5625/bu+0.02−58–−35¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5800
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5825–10.7625/bu+0.04−33–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7613
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5325–10.7625/bu+0.04−38–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7250
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5325–10.7125/bu+0.04−38–−20¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7463
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5025–10.6725/bu+0.04−41–−24¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7100
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6925–10.9425/bu+0.04−22–+3¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9267
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6125–10.8125/bu+0.04−30–−10¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9250
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7125/bu+0.04−20¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7783
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6525–10.6625/bu+0.04−26–−25¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7717
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3325–10.7425/bu+0.04−58–−17¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6764
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4125–10.7125/bu+0.04−50–−20¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7321
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.8625–10.9625/bu+0.09−5–+5¢/BuJanuary (F)10.0590
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8125–10.9125/bu+0.04−10–0¢/BuJanuary (F)10.0050
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8125–10.9125/bu+0.14−10–0¢/BuJanuary (F)10.0050

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0600/bu+0.04−40¢/BuJuly (N)5.4450
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8125–4.8950/bu+0.05−50–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.1150–5.1450/bu+0.05−18–−15¢/BuMarch (H)5.5100

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6725/bu+0.05+23¢/BuMarch (H)4.7625
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6025/bu+0.06+16¢/BuMarch (H)4.6825
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3525–4.4025/bu+0.04−9–−4¢/BuMarch (H)4.4375
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1775–4.4125/bu+0.06−17–−3¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4308
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3825–4.4525/bu+0.04−6–+1¢/BuMarch (H)4.5025
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3275–4.4725/bu+0.06−2–+3¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4700
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1425–4.6125/bu+0.04−30–+17¢/BuMarch (H)4.3900
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0725–4.6325/bu+0.04−37–+19¢/BuMarch (H)4.3545
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0225–4.2825/bu+0.03−42–−16¢/BuMarch (H)4.2282
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0225–4.2725/bu+0.02−42–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.1986
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1225–4.2925/bu+0.04−32–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.1913
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0825–4.2425/bu+0.00−36–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.1850
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1225–4.2925/bu+0.04−32–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.2531
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1025–4.2725/bu+0.04−34–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.2381
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1825–4.4525/bu+0.04−26–+1¢/BuMarch (H)4.3954
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2225–4.3825/bu+0.04−22–−6¢/BuMarch (H)4.3575
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2425–4.3125/bu+0.04−20–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.3375
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2125–4.2825/bu+0.04−23–−16¢/BuMarch (H)4.3325
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1025–4.2325/bu+0.04−34–−21¢/BuMarch (H)4.2054
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0825–4.2325/bu+0.04−36–−21¢/BuMarch (H)4.2218
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.2825–4.5025/bu+0.04−16–+6¢/BuMarch (H)4.4321
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3825–4.4225/bu+0.00−6–−2¢/BuMarch (H)4.4725
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3825–4.4225/bu+0.00−6–−2¢/BuMarch (H)4.4725
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.