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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Fri, Dec 26
● Bids as filed49 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8875/bu+0.05+30¢/BuJanuary (F)10.1400
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8675/bu+0.04+28¢/BuJanuary (F)10.1100
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5475–10.5975/bu+0.02−4–+1¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8467
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5375–10.5875/bu+0.08−5–0¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8300
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6375–10.6675/bu+0.05+5–+8¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8975
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6075–10.6575/bu+0.03+2–+7¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8550
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3275–10.9075/bu+0.03−26–+32¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8080
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3075–10.8875/bu+0.04−28–+30¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7880
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0875–10.3375/bu+0.05−50–−25¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4879
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0675–10.3075/bu+0.05−52–−28¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4700
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1175–10.4375/bu+0.05−47–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5825
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2475–10.4375/bu+0.05−34–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5738
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1875–10.4175/bu+0.05−40–−17¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5919
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1675–10.4075/bu+0.05−42–−18¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5806
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4075–10.6375/bu+0.05−18–+5¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7714
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3875–10.6175/bu+0.05−20–+3¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7529
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3875–10.4075/bu+0.05−20–−18¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6167
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3275–10.4075/bu+0.05−26–−18¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6233
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0875–10.4375/bu+0.05−50–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5314
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0875–10.4075/bu+0.05−50–−18¢/BuJanuary (F)9.5029
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.5375–10.7075/bu+0.05−5–+12¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8120
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5375/bu—−5¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8500
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4875/bu+0.05−10¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8500

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0250/bu+0.01−40¢/BuJuly (N)5.2625
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6400–4.7900/bu+0.03−55–−40¢/BuMarch (H)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.0100–5.0400/bu+0.03−18–−15¢/BuMarch (H)5.5150

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7000/bu+0.01+20¢/BuMarch (H)4.7600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6700/bu—+17¢/BuMarch (H)4.6900
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4100–4.4600/bu+0.01−9–−4¢/BuMarch (H)4.4700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3800–4.4300/bu+0.05−12–−7¢/BuMarch (H)4.4350
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4600–4.5300/bu+0.01−4–+3¢/BuMarch (H)4.5150
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4200–4.4900/bu+0.01−8–−1¢/BuMarch (H)4.4575
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1400–4.7300/bu—−36–+23¢/BuMarch (H)4.4225
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1100–4.7000/bu—−39–+20¢/BuMarch (H)4.3740
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1000–4.3400/bu+0.01−40–−16¢/BuMarch (H)4.2900
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0900–4.3300/bu+0.01−41–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.2714
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1800–4.3700/bu+0.01−32–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.2663
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1400–4.3300/bu+0.01−36–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.2475
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1700–4.3800/bu+0.01−33–−12¢/BuMarch (H)4.3038
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1600–4.3500/bu+0.01−34–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.2975
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3000–4.4500/bu+0.01−20–−5¢/BuMarch (H)4.4300
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2800–4.4400/bu—−22–−6¢/BuMarch (H)4.3900
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3000–4.3700/bu+0.01−20–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.3950
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3000–4.3700/bu+0.01−20–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.3825
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1600–4.3300/bu+0.01−34–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.2600
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1600–4.2800/bu+0.01−34–−22¢/BuMarch (H)4.2443
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3700–4.5600/bu+0.01−13–+6¢/BuMarch (H)4.4883
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.5100–4.5500/bu—+1–+5¢/BuMarch (H)4.5200
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4600–4.5500/bu+0.01−4–+5¢/BuMarch (H)4.5200
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.