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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Wed, Jan 21
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6450/bu+0.11−10¢/BuNovember (X)10.3375
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9150/bu+0.10+27¢/BuMarch (H)10.6800
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2650–10.3450/bu+0.11−48–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.0875
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4550–10.5850/bu+0.12−19–−6¢/BuMarch (H)10.4417
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3450–10.3950/bu+0.11−40–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.1342
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5650–10.7150/bu+0.12−8–+7¢/BuMarch (H)10.5075
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0150–10.5450/bu+0.11−73–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.9625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3250–10.8750/bu+0.13−32–+23¢/BuMarch (H)10.4500
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1950–10.2950/bu+0.11−55–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.9655
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0950–10.3650/bu+0.12−55–−28¢/BuMarch (H)10.0850
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2450–10.3950/bu+0.11−50–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.0238
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2150–10.4050/bu+0.12−43–−24¢/BuMarch (H)10.2225
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2350–10.4150/bu+0.11−51–−33¢/BuNovember (X)10.0395
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2250–10.4350/bu+0.12−42–−21¢/BuMarch (H)10.2169
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1950–10.3450/bu+0.11−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.0308
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3850–10.6350/bu+0.12−26–−1¢/BuMarch (H)10.4071
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3450/bu+0.11−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.0675
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3950–10.4450/bu+0.12−25–−20¢/BuMarch (H)10.3133
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1950–10.2950/bu+0.11−55–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.9558
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0850–10.4650/bu+0.12−56–−18¢/BuMarch (H)10.1414
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered10.5950–10.7050/bu+0.12−5–+6¢/BuMarch (H)10.4740
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4950/bu+0.12−15¢/BuMarch (H)10.5450
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4450/bu+0.12−20¢/BuMarch (H)10.5000

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8650/bu+0.03−45¢/BuJuly (N)5.4075
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8350–4.9150/bu+0.03−48–−40¢/BuJuly (N)5.3825
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8650–4.9150/bu+0.03−45–−40¢/BuJuly (N)5.2992
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered4.9275–4.9575/bu+0.03−15–−12¢/BuMarch (H)5.5650

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4175/bu+0.01−8¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4550
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4475/bu+0.05+23¢/BuMarch (H)4.8925
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1275–4.1475/bu+0.01−37–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2350
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0975–4.1375/bu+0.02−12–−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.6892
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1975/bu+0.01−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1675–4.2375/bu+0.06−5–+2¢/BuMarch (H)4.7650
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7975–4.2475/bu+0.01−70–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0850
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8775–4.4175/bu+0.02−34–+20¢/BuMarch (H)4.6500
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0975–4.1475/bu+0.01−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2350
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8075–4.0375/bu+0.02−41–−18¢/BuMarch (H)4.5068
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0475–4.1475/bu+0.01−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2050
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9175–4.0875/bu+0.02−30–−13¢/BuMarch (H)4.5088
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0575–4.2475/bu+0.01−44–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2070
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9575–4.0975/bu+0.02−26–−12¢/BuMarch (H)4.5769
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9775–4.2775/bu+0.01−52–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1667
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0475–4.1875/bu+0.02−17–−3¢/BuMarch (H)4.6525
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0975–4.1475/bu+0.01−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1950
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0575–4.1075/bu—−16–−11¢/BuMarch (H)4.6750
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0375–4.1275/bu+0.01−46–−37¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1733
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8875–4.0075/bu+0.02−33–−21¢/BuMarch (H)4.4682
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.1075–4.2675/bu+0.02−11–+5¢/BuMarch (H)4.7475
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.1975–4.2875/bu+0.09−2–+7¢/BuMarch (H)4.8425
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.1475–4.3175/bu+0.06−7–+10¢/BuMarch (H)4.8075
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.