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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Thu, Mar 26
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3575/bu+0.04−17¢/BuNovember (X)10.0450
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7275/bu+0.02−1¢/BuMay (K)10.3575
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0975–11.1475/bu+0.03−43–−38¢/BuNovember (X)9.8117
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2875–11.3875/bu+0.02−45–−35¢/BuMay (K)9.9825
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1775–11.2275/bu+0.03−35–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.8800
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4375–11.4875/bu+0.02−30–−25¢/BuMay (K)10.0625
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7975–11.3275/bu+0.03−73–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.6510
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1675–11.9875/bu+0.02−57–+25¢/BuMay (K)9.9915
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8875–11.0775/bu+0.03−64–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.7470
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9475–11.1675/bu+0.02−79–−57¢/BuMay (K)9.6975
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0475–11.1775/bu+0.03−48–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.8100
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2975–11.5275/bu+0.02−44–−21¢/BuMay (K)9.9313
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0175–11.2075/bu+0.03−51–−32¢/BuNovember (X)9.7881
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2675–11.4975/bu+0.02−47–−24¢/BuMay (K)9.8250
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9775–11.1275/bu+0.03−55–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.7279
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0875–11.5875/bu+0.02−65–−15¢/BuMay (K)9.9218
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1275–11.1775/bu+0.03−40–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.8050
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4475–11.4875/bu+0.02−29–−25¢/BuMay (K)9.8708
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9275–11.1275/bu+0.03−60–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.6950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0875–11.2275/bu+0.02−65–−51¢/BuMay (K)9.7475
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.4875–11.7875/bu+0.02−25–+5¢/BuMay (K)10.1855
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6375/bu+0.02−10¢/BuMay (K)10.2175
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6375/bu+0.02−10¢/BuMay (K)10.1925

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7075/bu+0.07−45¢/BuJuly (N)5.1475
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6775–5.7875/bu+0.07−48–−37¢/BuJuly (N)5.0725
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7075–5.7575/bu+0.07−45–−40¢/BuJuly (N)4.9892
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered5.5500–5.9000/bu+0.07−50–−15¢/BuMay (K)5.2450

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8050/bu+0.01−14¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2575
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9200/bu+0.01+25¢/BuMay (K)4.6000
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5450–4.6450/bu+0.01−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0775
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5200–4.6000/bu+0.00−15–−7¢/BuMay (K)4.2950
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6450–4.6950/bu+0.01−30–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1375
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5000–4.6800/bu+0.00−17–+1¢/BuMay (K)4.3425
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2450–4.7950/bu+0.01−70–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8795
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3600–4.9200/bu+0.00−31–+25¢/BuMay (K)4.2660
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5450–4.5950/bu+0.01−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0958
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2000–4.4200/bu+0.00−47–−25¢/BuMay (K)4.2114
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5450–4.5950/bu+0.01−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0550
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3500–4.4700/bu+0.00−32–−20¢/BuMay (K)4.2175
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5050–4.6950/bu+0.01−44–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0700
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3300–4.5200/bu+0.00−34–−15¢/BuMay (K)4.2063
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4250–4.7250/bu+0.01−52–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0375
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4400–4.6700/bu+0.00−23–0¢/BuMay (K)4.2488
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5450–4.6450/bu+0.01−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0375
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4700–4.5600/bu+0.00−20–−11¢/BuMay (K)4.2825
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4250–4.5950/bu+0.01−52–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0018
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2700–4.4400/bu+0.00−40–−23¢/BuMay (K)4.1186
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.5700–4.6400/bu+0.01−10–−3¢/BuMay (K)4.3667
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.6900–4.7400/bu+0.00+2–+7¢/BuMay (K)4.4650
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.6000–4.7700/bu+0.00−7–+10¢/BuMay (K)4.3900
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.