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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Fri, Feb 20
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0800/bu+0.03−7¢/BuNovember (X)10.4375
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6150/bu+0.04+24¢/BuMarch (H)10.3650
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7100–10.7500/bu+0.03−44–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.2108
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1850–11.2550/bu+0.04−19–−12¢/BuMarch (H)10.1983
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7500–10.8500/bu+0.03−40–−30¢/BuNovember (X)10.2808
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2950–11.3750/bu+0.04−8–0¢/BuMarch (H)10.2800
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4200–10.9500/bu+0.03−73–−20¢/BuNovember (X)10.0435
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0550–11.6750/bu+0.04−32–+30¢/BuMarch (H)10.0810
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6000–10.7000/bu+0.03−55–−45¢/BuNovember (X)10.1175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8550–11.0750/bu+0.04−52–−30¢/BuMarch (H)9.8933
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7000–10.8000/bu+0.03−45–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.1763
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0450–11.1850/bu+0.04−33–−19¢/BuMarch (H)10.0750
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6400–10.8200/bu+0.03−51–−33¢/BuNovember (X)10.1781
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0350–11.1950/bu+0.04−34–−18¢/BuMarch (H)10.0169
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6000–10.7500/bu+0.03−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.1218
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1150–11.3450/bu+0.04−26–−3¢/BuMarch (H)10.0479
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7500–10.8000/bu+0.03−40–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.1975
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1950–11.2250/bu+0.04−18–−15¢/BuMarch (H)10.1617
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6000–10.8200/bu+0.03−55–−33¢/BuNovember (X)10.0832
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9250–11.1450/bu+0.04−45–−23¢/BuMarch (H)9.9793
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.2750–11.4250/bu+0.04−10–+5¢/BuMarch (H)10.3330
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3750/bu+0.040¢/BuMarch (H)10.3700
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3250/bu+0.04−5¢/BuMarch (H)10.3450

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4250/bu+0.13−45¢/BuJuly (N)5.7975
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3950–5.4750/bu+0.13−48–−40¢/BuJuly (N)5.7725
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4250–5.4750/bu+0.13−45–−40¢/BuJuly (N)5.6892
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.3850–5.6850/bu+0.14−35–−5¢/BuMarch (H)5.8750

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5650/bu+0.03−8¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4950/bu+0.02+22¢/BuMarch (H)4.9425
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2750–4.2950/bu+0.03−37–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3900
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1950–4.2350/bu+0.02−8–−4¢/BuMarch (H)4.8108
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3450/bu+0.03−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4500
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2350–4.2850/bu+0.02−4–+1¢/BuMarch (H)4.8850
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9450–4.4950/bu+0.03−70–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2450
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9350–4.5250/bu+0.02−34–+25¢/BuMarch (H)4.6725
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2450–4.2950/bu+0.03−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3917
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9050–4.1250/bu+0.01−37–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.6011
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2450–4.2950/bu+0.03−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3600
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0350–4.1750/bu+0.02−24–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.6213
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2050–4.3950/bu+0.03−44–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3706
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0350–4.1750/bu+0.02−24–−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.6544
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1250–4.4250/bu+0.03−52–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3486
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1050–4.2350/bu+0.02−17–−4¢/BuMarch (H)4.6713
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2450–4.3450/bu+0.03−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3500
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1450–4.2150/bu+0.02−13–−6¢/BuMarch (H)4.7350
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1850–4.2750/bu+0.03−46–−37¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3129
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9350–4.0850/bu+0.02−34–−19¢/BuMarch (H)4.5811
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.2250–4.3250/bu+0.02−5–+5¢/BuMarch (H)4.8375
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3450–4.3550/bu+0.02+7–+8¢/BuMarch (H)4.8925
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.2450–4.2550/bu+0.02−3–−2¢/BuMarch (H)4.8925
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.