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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Mon, Dec 15
● Bids as filed49 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9975/bu+0.07+28¢/BuJanuary (F)10.1900
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8675/bu+0.02+15¢/BuJanuary (F)10.1600
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6475–10.6775/bu+0.04−7–−4¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8483
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5175–10.5675/bu+0.05−20–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8550
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5875–10.7675/bu+0.05−13–+5¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9275
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5475–10.6875/bu+0.05−17–−3¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9125
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4075–11.0375/bu+0.05−31–+32¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8400
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2575–10.9475/bu+0.03−46–+23¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8340
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2175–10.4675/bu+0.05−50–−25¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1475–10.3675/bu+0.05−57–−35¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4500
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3975–10.5675/bu+0.05−32–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6050
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3475–10.5675/bu+0.05−37–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5925
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3175–10.5575/bu+0.07−40–−16¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6138
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2975–10.5375/bu+0.06−42–−18¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6031
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5175–10.7175/bu+0.05−20–0¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7967
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4175–10.5675/bu+0.05−30–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7900
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5175/bu+0.05−20¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6433
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4575–10.4675/bu+0.05−26–−25¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6200
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1375–10.5375/bu+0.05−58–−18¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5514
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2175–10.4875/bu+0.05−50–−23¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5814
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.6675–10.7675/bu+0.05−5–+5¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8740
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6175–10.7175/bu+0.05−10–0¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6175–10.7175/bu+0.05−10–0¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8700

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9825/bu+0.08−40¢/BuJuly (N)5.3250
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6575–4.8075/bu+0.09−55–−40¢/BuMarch (H)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.0275–5.0575/bu+0.09−18–−15¢/BuMarch (H)5.5750

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5875/bu+0.03+19¢/BuMarch (H)4.6500
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5175/bu+0.02+12¢/BuMarch (H)4.5900
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2975–4.3475/bu+0.04−10–−5¢/BuMarch (H)4.3750
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2575–4.2975/bu+0.03−14–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.3483
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3275–4.4175/bu+0.08−7–+2¢/BuMarch (H)4.4450
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2875–4.3775/bu+0.08−11–−2¢/BuMarch (H)4.3975
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9975–4.5775/bu+0.06−40–+18¢/BuMarch (H)4.3025
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9375–4.5475/bu+0.04−46–+15¢/BuMarch (H)4.2780
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9775–4.2375/bu+0.01−42–−16¢/BuMarch (H)4.2014
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9775–4.2275/bu+0.02−42–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.1814
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0775–4.2475/bu+0.01−32–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.1638
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0375–4.1975/bu+0.01−36–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.1525
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0675–4.2775/bu+0.02−33–−12¢/BuMarch (H)4.2100
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0575–4.2475/bu+0.01−34–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.2013
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1775–4.3175/bu+0.02−22–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.3214
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1175–4.3175/bu+0.04−28–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.2950
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1975–4.2675/bu+0.01−20–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.3050
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1675–4.2375/bu+0.01−23–−16¢/BuMarch (H)4.2875
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0575–4.2275/bu+0.01−34–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.1786
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0375–4.1875/bu+0.01−36–−21¢/BuMarch (H)4.1686
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.2375–4.4575/bu+0.01−16–+6¢/BuMarch (H)4.4017
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3375–4.3975/bu+0.01−6–0¢/BuMarch (H)—
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3375–4.3975/bu+0.01−6–0¢/BuMarch (H)4.4150
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.