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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Fri, Jan 16
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5900/bu+0.05−10¢/BuNovember (X)10.1475
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8475/bu+0.05+27¢/BuMarch (H)10.4800
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2100–10.2900/bu+0.05−48–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.8975
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3875–10.4975/bu+0.05−19–−8¢/BuMarch (H)10.2283
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2900–10.3400/bu+0.05−40–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.9442
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4975–10.5875/bu+0.05−8–+1¢/BuMarch (H)10.2875
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9600–10.4900/bu+0.05−73–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.7725
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2775–10.8075/bu+0.05−30–+23¢/BuMarch (H)10.2300
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1300–10.2400/bu+0.04−56–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.7755
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0275–10.2675/bu+0.05−55–−31¢/BuMarch (H)9.8800
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1900–10.3400/bu+0.05−50–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.8338
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1475–10.3375/bu+0.05−43–−24¢/BuMarch (H)10.0175
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1800–10.3600/bu+0.05−51–−33¢/BuNovember (X)9.8495
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1575–10.3575/bu+0.05−42–−22¢/BuMarch (H)10.0063
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1400–10.2900/bu+0.05−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.8408
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3175–10.5875/bu+0.05−26–+1¢/BuMarch (H)10.1871
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2900/bu+0.05−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.8775
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3275/bu+0.05−25¢/BuMarch (H)10.0933
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1400–10.2400/bu+0.05−55–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.7642
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0175–10.3875/bu+0.05−56–−19¢/BuMarch (H)9.9429
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.5275–10.6275/bu+0.05−5–+5¢/BuMarch (H)10.3160
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3775/bu—−20¢/BuMarch (H)10.3400
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3775/bu+0.05−20¢/BuMarch (H)10.3400

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9550/bu+0.07−45¢/BuJuly (N)5.2300
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9250–5.0050/bu+0.07−48–−40¢/BuJuly (N)5.2050
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9550–5.0050/bu+0.02−45–−40¢/BuJuly (N)5.1217
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.0300/bu+0.08−15¢/BuMarch (H)5.4375

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4175/bu+0.03−8¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4200
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5075/bu+0.05+26¢/BuMarch (H)4.9125
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1275–4.1475/bu+0.03−37–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2000
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1275–4.1675/bu+0.07−12–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.6892
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1975/bu+0.03−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2350
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2275–4.2675/bu+0.05−2–+2¢/BuMarch (H)4.7650
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7975–4.2475/bu+0.03−70–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0500
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8975–4.4475/bu+0.05−35–+20¢/BuMarch (H)4.6500
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0975–4.1475/bu+0.03−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1917
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8375–4.0675/bu+0.05−41–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.5096
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0475–4.1475/bu+0.03−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1700
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9475–4.1175/bu+0.07−30–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.5163
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0575–4.2475/bu+0.04−44–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1720
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9875–4.1275/bu+0.06−26–−12¢/BuMarch (H)4.5781
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9775–4.2775/bu+0.03−52–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1317
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0775–4.2075/bu+0.05−17–−4¢/BuMarch (H)4.6525
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0975–4.1475/bu+0.03−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1600
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0675–4.1375/bu+0.05−18–−11¢/BuMarch (H)4.6750
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0375–4.1275/bu+0.03−46–−37¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1383
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9175–4.0475/bu+0.05−33–−20¢/BuMarch (H)4.4668
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.1275–4.3275/bu+0.05−12–+8¢/BuMarch (H)4.7675
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.2175–4.2975/bu—−3–+5¢/BuMarch (H)4.7975
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.2175–4.2975/bu+0.05−3–+5¢/BuMarch (H)4.7975
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.