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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Thu, Aug 6
● Bids as filed49 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9575/bu+0.03+18¢/BuNovember (X)9.8875
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7275/bu+0.02−5¢/BuNovember (X)9.5975
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4275–11.5775/bu+0.03−35–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.5108
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4975–11.5625/bu+0.03−28–−1¢/BuNovember (X)9.7475
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4775–11.5275/bu+0.03−30–−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.4875
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6275–11.7275/bu+0.02−15–−5¢/BuNovember (X)9.7200
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2775–11.7775/bu+0.02−50–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.2395
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4775–11.9275/bu+0.08−30–+15¢/BuNovember (X)9.4455
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0575–11.3775/bu+0.03−72–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.3925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0475–11.2575/bu+0.03−73–−52¢/BuNovember (X)9.3992
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3575–11.4275/bu+0.06−42–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.5375
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5475–11.8775/bu+0.33−23–+10¢/BuNovember (X)9.7238
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2975–11.5075/bu+0.03−48–−27¢/BuNovember (X)9.4763
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4475–11.7975/bu+0.03−33–+2¢/BuNovember (X)9.5963
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3375–11.4675/bu+0.03−44–−31¢/BuNovember (X)9.3889
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3775–11.9475/bu+0.14−40–+17¢/BuNovember (X)9.4661
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3775–11.4275/bu+0.03−40–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.5375
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5775/bu+0.26−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.5708
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2075–11.4575/bu+0.01−57–−32¢/BuNovember (X)9.3632
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1475–11.6275/bu+0.01−63–−15¢/BuNovember (X)9.3861
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.9275–12.2775/bu+0.03+15–+50¢/BuNovember (X)9.9335
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5775–12.1775/bu+0.16−20–+40¢/BuNovember (X)9.9375
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5775–12.1775/bu+0.21−20–+40¢/BuNovember (X)9.9375

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1725/bu+0.22−60¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3225/bu+0.07−45¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered6.1125–6.2625/bu+0.11−20–−5¢/BuSeptember (U)4.9575

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5800/bu+0.01−4¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5700/bu+0.00+18¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0650
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3000–4.3700/bu—−32–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7183
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2000–4.2400/bu+0.02−19–−15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7800
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3200–4.3900/bu+0.02−30–−23¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7450
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3400–4.4400/bu+0.01−5–+5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8625
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1200–4.6200/bu—−50–0¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5660
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1300–4.5400/bu+0.03−26–+15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6530
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2100–4.2700/bu+0.02−41–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7200
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9800–4.2400/bu+0.02−41–−15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6436
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2200–4.2700/bu+0.02−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6900
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1300–4.3400/bu+0.02−26–−5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6713
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1800–4.3700/bu+0.02−44–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7081
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1700–4.3700/bu+0.02−22–−2¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7419
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1600–4.4200/bu+0.01−46–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6488
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1600–4.4200/bu+0.02−23–+3¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6625
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2700/bu+0.02−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7250
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2700–4.3100/bu+0.02−12–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9075
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1700–4.2700/bu+0.02−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6514
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9300–4.2400/bu+0.01−46–−15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5893
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3100–4.5400/bu+0.02−8–+15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9667
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4900–4.5400/bu+0.02+10–+15¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0100
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4900–4.5400/bu+0.03+10–+15¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0100
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.