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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Tue, Dec 23
● Bids as filed49 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8150/bu+0.02+30¢/BuJanuary (F)10.0925
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7850/bu+0.03+27¢/BuJanuary (F)10.0625
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4450–10.5150/bu+0.01−7–0¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7858
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3450–10.4850/bu+0.02−17–−3¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7958
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4850–10.5850/bu+0.02−3–+7¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8450
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4650–10.5650/bu+0.02−5–+5¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8225
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2250–10.8350/bu+0.02−29–+32¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7650
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1750–10.8150/bu+0.02−34–+30¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7385
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0150–10.2650/bu+0.02−50–−25¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4392
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9950–10.2350/bu+0.02−52–−28¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4375
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0450–10.3650/bu+0.02−47–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5350
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1750–10.3650/bu+0.02−34–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5263
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1150–10.3250/bu+0.02−40–−19¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5456
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0950–10.3150/bu+0.02−42–−20¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5319
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3350–10.5650/bu+0.00−18–+5¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7192
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2350–10.5350/bu+0.02−28–+2¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7211
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3150–10.3350/bu+0.02−20–−18¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5758
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2550–10.3350/bu+0.02−26–−18¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5525
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0150–10.3550/bu+0.02−50–−16¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4796
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0150–10.3250/bu+0.02−50–−19¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4554
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.4650–10.6350/bu+0.02−5–+12¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7645
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4150–10.5150/bu+0.02−10–0¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4150–10.5150/bu+0.02−10–0¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8025

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9850/bu+0.01−40¢/BuJuly (N)5.1750
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6200–4.7700/bu+0.02−55–−40¢/BuMarch (H)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered4.9900–5.0200/bu+0.02−18–−15¢/BuMarch (H)5.3975

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6750/bu+0.01+20¢/BuMarch (H)4.7050
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6350/bu+0.06+16¢/BuMarch (H)4.6350
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3850–4.4350/bu+0.03−9–−4¢/BuMarch (H)4.4150
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2950–4.3750/bu+0.02−18–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.3900
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4550–4.4950/bu+0.01−2–+2¢/BuMarch (H)4.4750
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3850–4.4450/bu+0.01−9–−3¢/BuMarch (H)4.4175
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1050–4.7050/bu+0.01−37–+23¢/BuMarch (H)4.3725
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0750–4.6750/bu+0.01−40–+20¢/BuMarch (H)4.3170
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0750–4.3150/bu+0.04−40–−16¢/BuMarch (H)4.2493
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0650–4.3050/bu+0.01−41–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.2236
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1550–4.3250/bu+0.01−32–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.2113
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1150–4.2750/bu+0.01−36–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.1925
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1450–4.3550/bu+0.01−33–−12¢/BuMarch (H)4.2456
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1350–4.3250/bu+0.01−34–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.2413
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2750–4.4350/bu+0.03−20–−4¢/BuMarch (H)4.3679
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2350–4.4250/bu+0.01−24–−5¢/BuMarch (H)4.3400
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2750–4.3450/bu+0.01−20–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.3400
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2750–4.3250/bu+0.01−20–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.3225
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1350–4.2850/bu+0.03−34–−19¢/BuMarch (H)4.2079
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1250–4.2650/bu+0.08−35–−21¢/BuMarch (H)4.1807
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3250–4.5350/bu+0.01−15–+6¢/BuMarch (H)4.4333
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4550–4.5250/bu+0.01−2–+5¢/BuMarch (H)—
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4550–4.5250/bu+0.01−2–+5¢/BuMarch (H)4.5400
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.