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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Fri, Feb 27
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2125/bu+0.01−7¢/BuNovember (X)10.1350
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8525/bu+0.10+28¢/BuMarch (H)10.1075
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8425–10.8825/bu+0.01−44–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.9083
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3825–11.4725/bu+0.10−19–−10¢/BuMarch (H)10.0290
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8825–10.9825/bu+0.01−40–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.9783
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4925–11.5725/bu+0.10−8–0¢/BuMarch (H)10.0656
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5525–11.0825/bu+0.01−73–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.7410
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3575–11.8525/bu+0.15−35–+28¢/BuMay (K)9.9345
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7225–10.8325/bu+0.01−56–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.8250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9325–11.2925/bu+0.02−64–−28¢/BuMarch (H)9.7183
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8325–10.9325/bu+0.01−45–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.8788
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2375–11.4075/bu+0.08−47–−30¢/BuMay (K)9.9094
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7725–10.9525/bu+0.01−51–−33¢/BuNovember (X)9.8756
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2325–11.4075/bu+0.10−34–−30¢/BuMarch (H)9.7823
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7325–10.8825/bu+0.01−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.8193
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3125–11.6675/bu+0.10−26–−4¢/BuMarch (H)9.9075
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8825–10.9325/bu+0.01−40–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.8950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3925–11.4425/bu+0.10−18–−13¢/BuMarch (H)9.8792
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7325–10.9525/bu+0.01−55–−33¢/BuNovember (X)9.7750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1225–11.3425/bu+0.10−45–−23¢/BuMarch (H)9.7214
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.4725–11.6725/bu+0.10−10–+10¢/BuMarch (H)10.0805
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5725/bu+0.100¢/BuMarch (H)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5225/bu+0.10−5¢/BuMarch (H)10.0900

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5375/bu+0.17−45¢/BuJuly (N)5.3175
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5075–5.5875/bu+0.17−48–−40¢/BuJuly (N)5.2925
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5375–5.5875/bu+0.17−45–−40¢/BuJuly (N)5.2092
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.5625–5.8625/bu+0.20−35–−5¢/BuMarch (H)5.3450

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6150/bu+0.03−8¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6875/bu+0.06+30¢/BuMarch (H)4.5650
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3250–4.3450/bu+0.03−37–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1900
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3075–4.3675/bu+0.06−8–−2¢/BuMarch (H)4.4317
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3950/bu+0.03−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2500
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3875–4.3975/bu+0.060–+1¢/BuMarch (H)4.5300
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9950–4.5450/bu+0.03−70–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0450
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1650–4.6875/bu+0.07−32–+30¢/BuMay (K)4.3670
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2950–4.3450/bu+0.03−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2000
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0175–4.2375/bu+0.06−37–−15¢/BuMarch (H)4.2493
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2950–4.3450/bu+0.03−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1650
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1550–4.2850/bu+0.05−33–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.3138
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2550–4.4450/bu+0.03−44–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1719
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1475–4.3250/bu+0.06−24–−16¢/BuMarch (H)4.3244
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1750–4.4750/bu+0.03−52–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1486
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2175–4.4850/bu+0.06−17–0¢/BuMarch (H)4.3825
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2950–4.3950/bu+0.03−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1500
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2875–4.3275/bu+0.06−10–−6¢/BuMarch (H)4.3700
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2350–4.3250/bu+0.03−46–−37¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1129
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0350–4.1975/bu+0.04−45–−19¢/BuMay (K)4.2293
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3450–4.4550/bu+0.05−14–−3¢/BuMay (K)4.5017
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4575–4.4675/bu+0.06+7–+8¢/BuMarch (H)—
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3575–4.4675/bu+0.06−3–+8¢/BuMarch (H)4.4300
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.