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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Fri, Dec 19
● Bids as filed49 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7825/bu+0.02+29¢/BuJanuary (F)10.1250
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6725/bu—+18¢/BuJanuary (F)10.0850
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4125–10.4425/bu+0.03−8–−5¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7733
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3225–10.4125/bu—−17–−8¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7833
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4625–10.5325/bu+0.03−3–+4¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8525
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4425–10.5125/bu—−5–+2¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8425
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2025–10.8125/bu+0.01−29–+32¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7650
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1325–10.7225/bu+0.05−36–+23¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7590
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9925–10.2125/bu+0.03−50–−28¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4363
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9725–10.1325/bu—−52–−36¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3883
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0225–10.3425/bu+0.03−47–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5338
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1525–10.3425/bu+0.03−34–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5213
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0925–10.3125/bu+0.03−40–−18¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5400
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0725–10.2825/bu+0.03−42–−21¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5275
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2925–10.4825/bu+0.01−20–−1¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7217
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2125–10.3625/bu+0.03−28–−13¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7293
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2925/bu+0.03−20¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5683
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2325–10.2925/bu+0.03−26–−20¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5450
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9925–10.3225/bu+0.03−50–−17¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9725–10.2825/bu+0.03−52–−21¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4664
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.4425–10.5425/bu+0.03−5–+5¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7950
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3925–10.4925/bu+0.03−10–0¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3925–10.4925/bu+0.03−10–0¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7950

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9175/bu+0.02−40¢/BuJuly (N)5.1525
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5475–4.6975/bu+0.02−55–−40¢/BuMarch (H)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered4.9175–4.9475/bu+0.02−18–−15¢/BuMarch (H)5.3800

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6475/bu+0.02+21¢/BuMarch (H)4.6725
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5475/bu+0.01+11¢/BuMarch (H)4.6025
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3275–4.3675/bu+0.01−11–−7¢/BuMarch (H)4.3875
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2375–4.2875/bu+0.01−20–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.3558
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4175–4.4475/bu+0.01−2–+1¢/BuMarch (H)4.4575
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3475–4.3775/bu+0.01−9–−6¢/BuMarch (H)4.4150
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0675–4.6175/bu+0.02−37–+18¢/BuMarch (H)4.3150
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9775–4.5875/bu+0.02−46–+15¢/BuMarch (H)4.2945
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0075–4.2775/bu+0.01−43–−16¢/BuMarch (H)4.2239
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0275–4.2675/bu+0.01−41–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.1939
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1175–4.2875/bu+0.01−32–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.1838
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0775–4.2375/bu+0.01−36–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.1700
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1075–4.3175/bu+0.01−33–−12¢/BuMarch (H)4.2219
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0975–4.2875/bu+0.01−34–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.2181
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2175–4.3775/bu+0.01−22–−6¢/BuMarch (H)4.3339
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1575–4.3575/bu+0.02−28–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.3138
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2375–4.3075/bu+0.01−20–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.3175
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2075–4.2875/bu+0.01−23–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.3000
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0975–4.2375/bu+0.01−34–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.1896
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0175–4.2375/bu+0.06−42–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.1596
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.2875–4.4975/bu+0.00−15–+6¢/BuMarch (H)4.4125
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4475–4.4875/bu+0.06+1–+5¢/BuMarch (H)—
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4175–4.4875/bu+0.03−2–+5¢/BuMarch (H)4.4275
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.