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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Tue, Dec 30
● Bids as filed49 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9625–10.3625/bu+0.03−50–−10¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7168
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9625–10.2825/bu+0.03−50–−18¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7018
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.4125–10.6125/bu+0.03−5–+15¢/BuJanuary (F)10.0280
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4125/bu+0.03−5¢/BuJanuary (F)10.0325
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3625/bu+0.03−10¢/BuJanuary (F)10.0838
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7725/bu+0.03+31¢/BuJanuary (F)10.3425
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7725/bu+0.00+31¢/BuJanuary (F)10.3125
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4225–10.4725/bu+0.03−4–+1¢/BuJanuary (F)10.0042
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4125–10.4725/bu+0.03−5–+1¢/BuJanuary (F)10.0079
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5125–10.5425/bu+0.03+5–+8¢/BuJanuary (F)10.0825
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4825–10.5625/bu+0.03+2–+10¢/BuJanuary (F)10.0425
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2025–10.7825/bu+0.03−26–+32¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1825–10.7925/bu+0.03−28–+33¢/BuJanuary (F)10.0200
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0425–10.2525/bu+0.02−42–−21¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6783
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0225–10.2225/bu+0.01−44–−24¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6563
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9925–10.3125/bu+0.03−47–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7797
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1225–10.3125/bu+0.03−34–−15¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7916
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1325–10.3125/bu+0.01−49–−15¢/BuMarch (H)9.7770
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1325–10.3125/bu+0.01−49–−15¢/BuMarch (H)9.7822
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2825–10.5125/bu+0.03−18–+5¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9200
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2625–10.4925/bu+0.03−20–+3¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9850
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2625–10.2825/bu+0.03−20–−18¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7992
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2025–10.2825/bu+0.03−26–−18¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8058

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9400/bu+0.03−40¢/BuJuly (N)5.3200
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5575–4.7075/bu+0.02−55–−40¢/BuMarch (H)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered4.9275–4.9575/bu+0.02−18–−15¢/BuMarch (H)5.5650

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6250/bu+0.02+22¢/BuMarch (H)4.7850
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5550/bu+0.05+15¢/BuMarch (H)4.7150
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3150–4.3650/bu+0.02−9–−4¢/BuMarch (H)4.4917
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3050–4.3550/bu+0.02−10–−5¢/BuMarch (H)4.4750
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3650–4.4350/bu+0.02−4–+3¢/BuMarch (H)4.5500
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3150–4.4150/bu+0.02−9–+1¢/BuMarch (H)4.5425
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0450–4.6350/bu+0.02−36–+23¢/BuMarch (H)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0150–4.6050/bu+0.02−39–+20¢/BuMarch (H)4.4650
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9950–4.2450/bu+0.03−41–−16¢/BuMarch (H)4.3164
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9850–4.2350/bu+0.03−42–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.3064
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0850–4.2750/bu+0.02−32–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.3063
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0450–4.2350/bu+0.02−36–−17¢/BuMarch (H)4.2925
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1050–4.2850/bu+0.02−30–−12¢/BuMarch (H)4.3519
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1050–4.2550/bu+0.02−30–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.3425
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2050–4.3550/bu+0.02−20–−5¢/BuMarch (H)4.4600
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1850–4.3550/bu+0.02−22–−5¢/BuMarch (H)4.4607
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2050–4.2750/bu+0.02−20–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.4400
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2050–4.2750/bu+0.02−20–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.4400
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0850–4.2250/bu+0.00−32–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.3079
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0850–4.1950/bu+0.00−32–−21¢/BuMarch (H)4.2879
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.2750–4.4650/bu+0.02−13–+6¢/BuMarch (H)4.5467
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4150–4.4550/bu+0.02+1–+5¢/BuMarch (H)4.5650
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3650–4.4550/bu+0.02−4–+5¢/BuMarch (H)4.5650
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.