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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Wed, Jul 22
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3600/bu+0.11−3¢/BuNovember (X)10.0575
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.7500/bu+0.13+42¢/BuAugust (Q)10.2775
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0400–12.1900/bu+0.16−35–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.8475
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2900–12.4300/bu+0.14−4–+10¢/BuAugust (Q)10.0508
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0900–12.1400/bu+0.16−30–−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.8900
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4500–12.5800/bu+0.16+12–+25¢/BuAugust (Q)10.1275
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8000–12.1900/bu+0.16−59–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.7555
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1600–12.5800/bu+0.22−17–+25¢/BuAugust (Q)10.0355
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6600–11.9900/bu+0.16−73–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.7575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7800–12.0900/bu+0.14−55–−24¢/BuAugust (Q)9.7308
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9400–12.0400/bu+0.16−45–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.8525
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0300–12.4800/bu+0.14−30–+15¢/BuAugust (Q)9.9828
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9000–12.0900/bu+0.16−49–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.8082
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0400–12.3300/bu+0.14−29–0¢/BuAugust (Q)9.8822
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9800–12.1100/bu+0.16−41–−28¢/BuNovember (X)9.7746
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1300–12.4700/bu+0.14−20–+14¢/BuAugust (Q)9.9632
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9900–12.0400/bu+0.16−40–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.8275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1300–12.2100/bu+0.14−20–−12¢/BuAugust (Q)9.9075
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8400–12.0700/bu+0.16−55–−32¢/BuNovember (X)9.6832
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9300–12.3500/bu+0.14−40–+2¢/BuAugust (Q)9.7942
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.6300–12.7800/bu+0.14+30–+45¢/BuAugust (Q)10.2555
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2300–12.4200/bu+0.14−10–+9¢/BuAugust (Q)10.2075
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1800–12.4100/bu+0.14−15–+8¢/BuAugust (Q)10.1825

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3775–6.4575/bu+0.28−68–−60¢/BuSeptember (U)4.9800
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5575–6.7075/bu+0.28−50–−35¢/BuSeptember (U)4.8050
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.4575/bu+0.28−60¢/BuSeptember (U)4.8883
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered6.8575–6.8775/bu+0.28−20–−18¢/BuSeptember (U)5.2800

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8075/bu+0.08−4¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0050
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0200/bu+0.09+40¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3050
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5475–4.5975/bu+0.10−30–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8283
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5500–4.5900/bu+0.08−7–−3¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0500
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5475–4.6175/bu+0.10−30–−23¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8775
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6700–4.7700/bu+0.09+5–+15¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1050
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1975–4.8475/bu+0.07−65–0¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7110
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3200–4.9700/bu+0.09−30–+35¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0090
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4375–4.4975/bu+0.10−41–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8333
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2700–4.5000/bu+0.09−35–−12¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8650
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4475–4.4975/bu+0.10−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7950
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3700–4.4700/bu+0.09−25–−15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8725
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3775–4.5975/bu+0.10−47–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8325
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3900–4.5700/bu+0.09−23–−5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9277
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3775–4.5075/bu+0.07−47–−34¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7888
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5400–4.7100/bu+0.09−8–+9¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9913
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4975/bu+0.10−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8250
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4700–4.5400/bu+0.09−15–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0600
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3975–4.4975/bu+0.10−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7564
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2500–4.4700/bu+0.06−37–−15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8100
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.5400–4.7800/bu+0.09−8–+16¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1150
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.7700–4.8200/bu+0.09+15–+20¢/BuSeptember (U)4.2500
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.8200–4.8700/bu+0.09+20–+25¢/BuSeptember (U)4.2400
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.