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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Wed, Jan 14
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4800/bu+0.00−10¢/BuNovember (X)10.2625
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6750/bu+0.05+25¢/BuMarch (H)10.6075
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1000–10.1800/bu+0.00−48–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.0125
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2350–10.3050/bu+0.04−19–−12¢/BuMarch (H)10.3425
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1800–10.2300/bu+0.00−40–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.0592
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3450–10.4350/bu+0.04−8–+1¢/BuMarch (H)10.3750
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8500–10.3800/bu+0.00−73–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.8875
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1250–10.6550/bu+0.07−30–+23¢/BuMarch (H)10.3215
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0200–10.1300/bu+0.01−56–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.8905
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8750–10.1050/bu+0.04−55–−32¢/BuMarch (H)9.9825
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0800–10.2300/bu+0.00−50–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.9488
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9950–10.1850/bu+0.04−43–−24¢/BuMarch (H)10.1113
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0700–10.2500/bu+0.00−51–−33¢/BuNovember (X)9.9645
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9850–10.1850/bu+0.04−44–−24¢/BuMarch (H)10.0994
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0300–10.1800/bu+0.00−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.9558
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1650–10.4350/bu+0.04−26–+1¢/BuMarch (H)10.2789
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1800/bu+0.00−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.9925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1250–10.1750/bu+0.04−30–−25¢/BuMarch (H)10.1808
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0300–10.1200/bu+0.00−55–−46¢/BuNovember (X)9.8792
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8650–10.2150/bu+0.04−56–−21¢/BuMarch (H)10.0535
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.3750–10.4750/bu+0.04−5–+5¢/BuMarch (H)10.4035
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2250/bu+0.04−20¢/BuMarch (H)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2250/bu+0.04−20¢/BuMarch (H)10.4275

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9125/bu+0.02−45¢/BuJuly (N)5.3100
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8825–4.9625/bu+0.02−48–−40¢/BuJuly (N)5.2850
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9625/bu+0.02−40¢/BuJuly (N)5.2017
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered4.9750/bu+0.02−15¢/BuMarch (H)5.5200

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3975/bu+0.02−8¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4300/bu+0.04+21¢/BuMarch (H)4.8475
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1075–4.1275/bu+0.02−37–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2100
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0600–4.1400/bu+0.02−16–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.6392
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1775/bu+0.02−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2450
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1700–4.2400/bu+0.02−5–+2¢/BuMarch (H)4.7100
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7775–4.2275/bu+0.02−70–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0600
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8700–4.4200/bu+0.02−35–+20¢/BuMarch (H)4.5600
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0775–4.1275/bu+0.02−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2100
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8100–4.0400/bu+0.02−41–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.4546
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0275–4.1275/bu+0.02−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1800
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9000–4.0900/bu+0.02−32–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.4613
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0275–4.2275/bu+0.02−45–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1820
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9500–4.1000/bu+0.02−27–−12¢/BuMarch (H)4.5263
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9575–4.2575/bu+0.02−52–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1417
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0500–4.1800/bu+0.02−17–−4¢/BuMarch (H)4.6088
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0775–4.1275/bu+0.02−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1700
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0400–4.1100/bu+0.02−18–−11¢/BuMarch (H)4.6200
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0175–4.1075/bu+0.02−46–−37¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1483
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9000–4.0100/bu+0.03−32–−21¢/BuMarch (H)4.4246
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.1000–4.3000/bu+0.02−12–+8¢/BuMarch (H)4.7125
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.1900–4.2700/bu+0.02−3–+5¢/BuMarch (H)—
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.1900–4.2700/bu+0.02−3–+5¢/BuMarch (H)4.7425
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.