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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Mon, Dec 22
● Bids as filed49 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8325/bu+0.05+30¢/BuJanuary (F)10.0350
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7525/bu+0.08+22¢/BuJanuary (F)10.0050
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4525–10.4825/bu+0.04−8–−5¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7233
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3625–10.4525/bu+0.04−17–−8¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7333
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5025–10.5725/bu+0.04−3–+4¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7950
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4825–10.5625/bu+0.04−5–+3¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7850
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2425–10.8525/bu+0.04−29–+32¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1925–10.7625/bu+0.06−34–+23¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7090
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0325–10.2825/bu+0.04−50–−25¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3883
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0125–10.2025/bu+0.04−52–−33¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3383
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0625–10.3825/bu+0.04−47–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4838
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1925–10.3825/bu+0.04−34–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4713
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1325–10.3425/bu+0.04−40–−19¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1125–10.3225/bu+0.04−42–−21¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4775
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3325–10.5225/bu+0.04−20–−1¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6683
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2525–10.5025/bu+0.04−28–−3¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6764
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3325–10.3525/bu+0.04−20–−18¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5183
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2725–10.3325/bu+0.04−26–−20¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4950
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0325–10.3625/bu+0.04−50–−17¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0325–10.3325/bu+0.06−50–−20¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4079
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.4825–10.6525/bu+0.04−5–+12¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7450
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4325–10.5325/bu+0.04−10–0¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4325–10.5325/bu+0.04−10–0¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7450

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9725/bu+0.06−40¢/BuJuly (N)5.2325
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6050–4.7550/bu+0.06−55–−40¢/BuMarch (H)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered4.9750–5.0050/bu+0.06−18–−15¢/BuMarch (H)5.4550

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6800/bu+0.03+21¢/BuMarch (H)4.6975
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5800/bu+0.03+11¢/BuMarch (H)4.6275
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3600–4.4000/bu+0.03−11–−7¢/BuMarch (H)4.4025
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2800–4.3600/bu+0.04−19–−11¢/BuMarch (H)4.3725
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4500–4.4800/bu+0.03−2–+1¢/BuMarch (H)4.4725
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3800–4.4100/bu+0.03−9–−6¢/BuMarch (H)4.4300
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1000–4.6500/bu+0.03−37–+18¢/BuMarch (H)4.3300
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0700–4.6500/bu+0.09−40–+18¢/BuMarch (H)4.3075
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0400–4.3100/bu+0.03−43–−16¢/BuMarch (H)4.2389
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0600–4.3000/bu+0.03−41–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.2104
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1500–4.3200/bu+0.03−32–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.1988
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1100–4.2700/bu+0.03−36–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.1850
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1400–4.3500/bu+0.03−33–−12¢/BuMarch (H)4.2369
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1300–4.3200/bu+0.03−34–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.2331
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2500–4.4100/bu+0.03−22–−6¢/BuMarch (H)4.3489
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2300–4.3900/bu+0.07−24–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.3338
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2700–4.3400/bu+0.03−20–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.3325
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2700–4.3200/bu+0.06−20–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.3150
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1100–4.2800/bu+0.01−36–−19¢/BuMarch (H)4.2046
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0500–4.2700/bu+0.03−42–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.1675
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3200–4.5300/bu+0.03−15–+6¢/BuMarch (H)4.4258
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4500–4.5200/bu+0.00−2–+5¢/BuMarch (H)—
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4500–4.5200/bu+0.03−2–+5¢/BuMarch (H)4.4425
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.