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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Wed, Dec 17
● Bids as filed49 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8625/bu+0.05+28¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8975
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7125/bu+0.05+13¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8575
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5025–10.5325/bu+0.03−8–−5¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5458
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3825–10.4325/bu+0.03−20–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5542
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5525–10.6225/bu+0.06−3–+4¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6250
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5025–10.5625/bu+0.05−8–−2¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6150
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2725–10.9025/bu+0.05−31–+32¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5375
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1425–10.8125/bu+0.05−44–+23¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5315
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0825–10.2825/bu+0.05−50–−30¢/BuJanuary (F)9.1942
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0025–10.1825/bu+0.04−58–−40¢/BuJanuary (F)9.1475
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2725–10.4325/bu+0.04−31–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3088
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2425–10.4325/bu+0.02−34–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)9.2963
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1825–10.3925/bu+0.05−40–−19¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3119
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1625–10.3725/bu+0.05−42–−21¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3000
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3625–10.5725/bu+0.05−22–−1¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4942
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3025–10.4525/bu+0.05−28–−13¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4875
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3825/bu+0.05−20¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3408
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3225–10.3325/bu+0.05−26–−25¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3175
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0025–10.3925/bu+0.05−58–−19¢/BuJanuary (F)9.2475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0625–10.3325/bu+0.07−52–−25¢/BuJanuary (F)9.2789
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.5325–10.6325/bu+0.05−5–+5¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5675
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4825–10.5825/bu+0.05−10–0¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4825–10.5825/bu+0.05−10–0¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5675

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8775/bu+0.02−40¢/BuJuly (N)5.2400
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5125–4.6625/bu+0.03−55–−40¢/BuMarch (H)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered4.8825–4.9125/bu+0.03−18–−15¢/BuMarch (H)5.4875

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5850/bu+0.04+18¢/BuMarch (H)4.5825
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4650/bu+0.04+6¢/BuMarch (H)4.5125
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2950–4.3350/bu+0.05−11–−7¢/BuMarch (H)4.2975
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2150–4.2550/bu+0.07−19–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.2708
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3850–4.4150/bu+0.09−2–+1¢/BuMarch (H)4.3675
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3150–4.3250/bu+0.06−9–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.3300
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0050–4.5850/bu+0.04−40–+18¢/BuMarch (H)4.2250
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8950–4.5550/bu+0.01−51–+15¢/BuMarch (H)4.2005
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9750–4.2450/bu+0.04−43–−16¢/BuMarch (H)4.1239
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9750–4.2350/bu+0.04−43–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.0996
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0850–4.2550/bu+0.04−32–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.0838
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0450–4.2050/bu+0.04−36–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.0750
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0750–4.2850/bu+0.04−33–−12¢/BuMarch (H)4.1331
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0650–4.2550/bu+0.04−34–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.1250
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1850–4.3250/bu+0.04−22–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.2439
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0750–4.3250/bu+0.01−33–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.2175
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2050–4.2750/bu+0.04−20–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.2275
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1750–4.2550/bu+0.04−23–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.2100
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0650–4.2250/bu+0.04−34–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.0882
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0450–4.2050/bu+0.04−36–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.0796
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.2450–4.4650/bu+0.04−16–+6¢/BuMarch (H)4.3225
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3450–4.4050/bu+0.04−6–0¢/BuMarch (H)—
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3450–4.4050/bu+0.04−6–0¢/BuMarch (H)4.3375
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.