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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Thu, Dec 18
● Bids as filed49 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8025/bu+0.06+28¢/BuJanuary (F)10.0100
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6725/bu+0.04+15¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9700
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4425–10.4725/bu+0.06−8–−5¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6583
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3225–10.3925/bu+0.06−20–−13¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6683
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4925–10.5625/bu+0.06−3–+4¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7375
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4425–10.5025/bu+0.06−8–−2¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7275
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2125–10.8425/bu+0.06−31–+32¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0825–10.7525/bu+0.06−44–+23¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6440
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0225–10.2425/bu+0.06−50–−28¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9725–10.1625/bu+0.03−55–−36¢/BuJanuary (F)9.2867
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0525–10.3725/bu+0.22−47–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4188
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1825–10.3725/bu+0.06−34–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4063
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1225–10.3325/bu+0.06−40–−19¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4244
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1025–10.3125/bu+0.06−42–−21¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4125
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3025–10.5125/bu+0.06−22–−1¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6067
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2425–10.3925/bu+0.06−28–−13¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6000
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3225/bu+0.06−20¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4533
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2625–10.3225/bu+0.06−26–−20¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4300
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0225–10.3325/bu+0.02−50–−19¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0025–10.2725/bu+0.06−52–−25¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3514
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.4725–10.5725/bu+0.06−5–+5¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6800
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4225–10.5225/bu+0.06−10–0¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4225–10.5225/bu+0.06−10–0¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6800

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8975/bu+0.02−40¢/BuJuly (N)5.1600
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5275–4.6775/bu+0.02−55–−40¢/BuMarch (H)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered4.8975–4.9275/bu+0.02−18–−15¢/BuMarch (H)5.4050

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6250/bu+0.04+18¢/BuMarch (H)4.6175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5350/bu+0.07+9¢/BuMarch (H)4.5475
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3350–4.3750/bu+0.04−11–−7¢/BuMarch (H)4.3325
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2450–4.2950/bu+0.03−20–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.3042
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4250–4.4550/bu+0.04−2–+1¢/BuMarch (H)4.4025
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3550–4.3650/bu+0.04−9–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.3650
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0450–4.6250/bu+0.04−40–+18¢/BuMarch (H)4.2600
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9550–4.5950/bu+0.06−49–+15¢/BuMarch (H)4.2395
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0150–4.2850/bu+0.04−43–−16¢/BuMarch (H)4.1675
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0150–4.2750/bu+0.04−43–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.1389
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1250–4.2950/bu+0.04−32–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.1263
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0850–4.2450/bu+0.04−36–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.1113
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1150–4.3250/bu+0.04−33–−12¢/BuMarch (H)4.1681
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1050–4.2950/bu+0.04−34–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.1600
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2250–4.3650/bu+0.04−22–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.2789
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1350–4.3650/bu+0.06−31–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.2538
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2450–4.3150/bu+0.04−20–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.2625
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2150–4.2950/bu+0.04−23–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.2450
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1050–4.2650/bu+0.04−34–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.1304
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0750–4.2450/bu+0.03−37–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.1089
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.2850–4.5050/bu+0.04−16–+6¢/BuMarch (H)4.3575
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3850–4.4450/bu+0.04−6–0¢/BuMarch (H)—
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3850–4.4450/bu+0.04−6–0¢/BuMarch (H)4.3725
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.