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Illinois Grain Bids

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

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2300/bu+0.05−18¢/BuNovember (X)9.9175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5925/bu+0.07−2¢/BuMay (K)10.2975
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9700–11.0100/bu+0.05−44–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.6842
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1625–11.2425/bu+0.04−45–−37¢/BuMay (K)9.9125
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0100–11.1100/bu+0.05−40–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.7525
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2625–11.3625/bu+0.07−35–−25¢/BuMay (K)9.9925
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6800–11.2100/bu+0.05−73–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.5235
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0525–11.8625/bu+0.07−56–+25¢/BuMay (K)9.8775
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7700–10.9600/bu+0.05−64–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.6075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7825–11.0625/bu+0.08−83–−55¢/BuMay (K)9.6075
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9300–11.0600/bu+0.05−48–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.6813
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1725–11.4025/bu+0.07−44–−21¢/BuMay (K)9.8146
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9000–11.0900/bu+0.05−51–−32¢/BuNovember (X)9.6606
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1425–11.3725/bu+0.07−47–−24¢/BuMay (K)9.7331
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8600–11.0100/bu+0.05−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.6004
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9625–11.4625/bu+0.07−65–−15¢/BuMay (K)9.8518
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0100–11.0600/bu+0.05−40–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.6775
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3225–11.3725/bu+0.07−29–−24¢/BuMay (K)9.7842
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8100–11.0100/bu+0.05−60–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.5489
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9325–11.0925/bu+0.07−68–−52¢/BuMay (K)9.7046
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.3625–11.6925/bu+0.07−25–+8¢/BuMay (K)10.0995
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5125/bu+0.07−10¢/BuMay (K)10.0225
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5125/bu+0.07−10¢/BuMay (K)9.9975

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6225/bu+0.12−45¢/BuJuly (N)5.4200
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5925–5.7025/bu+0.12−48–−37¢/BuJuly (N)5.3450
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6225–5.6725/bu+0.12−45–−40¢/BuJuly (N)5.2617
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.4525–5.8025/bu+0.13−50–−15¢/BuMay (K)5.5325

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7675/bu+0.04−14¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8350/bu+0.02+18¢/BuMay (K)4.7125
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5375–4.5875/bu+0.04−37–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1500
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4750–4.5650/bu+0.04−18–−9¢/BuMay (K)4.4292
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6075/bu+0.04−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2100
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4850–4.6250/bu+0.04−17–−3¢/BuMay (K)4.4800
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2075–4.7575/bu+0.04−70–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9520
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2450–4.9050/bu+0.04−41–+25¢/BuMay (K)4.3805
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5075–4.5575/bu+0.04−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1600
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1850–4.4050/bu+0.04−47–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.3296
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5075–4.5575/bu+0.04−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1263
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3350–4.4550/bu+0.04−32–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.3525
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4675–4.6575/bu+0.04−44–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1438
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3150–4.5050/bu+0.04−34–−15¢/BuMay (K)4.3350
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3875–4.6875/bu+0.04−52–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1100
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3850–4.5650/bu+0.04−27–−9¢/BuMay (K)4.3913
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5075–4.6075/bu+0.04−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1100
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4550–4.5450/bu+0.04−20–−11¢/BuMay (K)4.4125
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3875–4.5575/bu+0.04−52–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0714
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2550–4.4150/bu+0.00−40–−24¢/BuMay (K)4.2582
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.5450–4.6250/bu+0.03−11–−3¢/BuMay (K)4.4958
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.6750–4.7250/bu+0.04+2–+7¢/BuMay (K)4.5925
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.5850–4.6550/bu+0.04−7–0¢/BuMay (K)4.5175
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.