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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Tue, Dec 16
● Bids as filed49 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3075–10.4775/bu+0.09−32–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5588
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2575–10.4775/bu+0.09−37–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5463
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9075/bu+0.09+28¢/BuJanuary (F)10.1375
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7575/bu+0.11+13¢/BuJanuary (F)10.1075
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5275–10.5875/bu+0.12−10–−4¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7958
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4075–10.4875/bu+0.11−22–−14¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8042
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4975–10.6775/bu+0.09−13–+5¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8750
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4575–10.5975/bu+0.09−17–−3¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8650
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3175–10.9475/bu+0.09−31–+32¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7875
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1875–10.8575/bu+0.07−44–+23¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7835
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1275–10.3475/bu+0.09−50–−28¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4408
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0375–10.2675/bu+0.11−59–−36¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3975
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2275–10.4375/bu+0.09−40–−19¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2075–10.4175/bu+0.09−42–−21¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5500
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4075–10.6175/bu+0.11−22–−1¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7442
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3475–10.4975/bu+0.07−28–−13¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7375
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4275/bu+0.09−20¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5908
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3675–10.3775/bu+0.09−26–−25¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5675
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0475–10.4475/bu+0.09−58–−18¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5004
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1275–10.3675/bu+0.09−50–−26¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5318
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.5775–10.6775/bu+0.09−5–+5¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8215
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5275–10.6275/bu+0.09−10–0¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5275–10.6275/bu+0.09−10–0¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8175

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8975/bu+0.09−40¢/BuJuly (N)5.2625
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5450–4.6950/bu+0.11−55–−40¢/BuMarch (H)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered4.9150–4.9450/bu+0.11−18–−15¢/BuMarch (H)5.5250

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5450/bu+0.04+18¢/BuMarch (H)4.6350
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4250/bu+0.09+6¢/BuMarch (H)4.5750
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2450–4.2850/bu+0.05−12–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.3600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1450–4.2450/bu+0.11−22–−12¢/BuMarch (H)4.3333
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2950–4.3850/bu+0.03−7–+2¢/BuMarch (H)4.4300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2550–4.3450/bu+0.03−11–−2¢/BuMarch (H)4.3850
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9650–4.5450/bu+0.03−40–+18¢/BuMarch (H)4.2875
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9050–4.5150/bu+0.03−46–+15¢/BuMarch (H)4.2630
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9350–4.2050/bu+0.04−43–−16¢/BuMarch (H)4.1893
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9350–4.1950/bu+0.04−43–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.1636
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0450–4.2150/bu+0.03−32–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.1463
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0050–4.1650/bu+0.03−36–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.1375
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0350–4.2450/bu+0.03−33–−12¢/BuMarch (H)4.1950
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0250–4.2150/bu+0.03−34–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.1869
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1450–4.2850/bu+0.03−22–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.3064
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0850–4.2850/bu+0.03−28–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.2800
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1650–4.2350/bu+0.03−20–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.2900
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1350–4.2050/bu+0.03−23–−16¢/BuMarch (H)4.2725
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0250–4.1950/bu+0.03−34–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.1564
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0050–4.1550/bu+0.03−36–−21¢/BuMarch (H)4.1450
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.2050–4.4250/bu+0.03−16–+6¢/BuMarch (H)4.3867
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3050–4.3650/bu+0.03−6–0¢/BuMarch (H)—
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3050–4.3650/bu+0.03−6–0¢/BuMarch (H)4.4000
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.