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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Fri, Aug 7
● Bids as filed49 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7125/bu+0.02−5¢/BuNovember (X)9.5350
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9725/bu+0.02+21¢/BuNovember (X)9.8550
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4125–11.5625/bu+0.02−35–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.4483
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4825–11.6825/bu+0.02−28–−8¢/BuNovember (X)9.6850
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4625–11.5125/bu+0.02−30–−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.4250
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6125–11.7125/bu+0.02−15–−5¢/BuNovember (X)9.6575
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2425–11.7625/bu+0.04−52–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.1930
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4925–11.9125/bu+0.02−27–+15¢/BuNovember (X)9.3990
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0425–11.3625/bu+0.02−72–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.3300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0325–11.2425/bu+0.02−73–−52¢/BuNovember (X)9.3267
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3425–11.4125/bu+0.02−42–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.4750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5325–11.8625/bu+0.02−23–+10¢/BuNovember (X)9.6613
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2825–11.4825/bu+0.02−48–−28¢/BuNovember (X)9.4156
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4325–11.7825/bu+0.02−33–+2¢/BuNovember (X)9.5331
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3225–11.4525/bu+0.02−44–−31¢/BuNovember (X)9.3093
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3125–11.6725/bu+0.07−45–−9¢/BuNovember (X)9.4150
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3625–11.4125/bu+0.02−40–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.4817
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5625/bu+0.02−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.4917
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1925–11.4425/bu+0.02−57–−32¢/BuNovember (X)9.3007
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1325–11.6125/bu+0.02−63–−15¢/BuNovember (X)9.3193
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.9125–12.2625/bu+0.02+15–+50¢/BuNovember (X)9.8710
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5625–12.1625/bu+0.02−20–+40¢/BuNovember (X)9.8750
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5625–12.1625/bu+0.02−20–+40¢/BuNovember (X)9.8750

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2325/bu+0.06−60¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3825/bu+0.06−45¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered6.1975–6.3475/bu+0.09−20–−5¢/BuSeptember (U)4.9200

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5500/bu+0.03−7¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9150
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5800/bu+0.01+19¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0475
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3000–4.3700/bu—−32–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7033
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2200–4.2900/bu+0.02−17–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7575
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3200–4.3900/bu—−30–−23¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3400–4.4400/bu—−5–+5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8475
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0800–4.5700/bu+0.04−54–−5¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5570
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0900–4.4900/bu+0.04−30–+10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6335
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2100–4.2700/bu—−41–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7050
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9800–4.2400/bu—−41–−15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6161
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2200–4.2700/bu—−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6750
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1300–4.3400/bu—−26–−5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6538
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1800–4.3700/bu—−44–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6931
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1700–4.3700/bu—−22–−2¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7200
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1400–4.4200/bu+0.02−48–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6363
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1500–4.4200/bu+0.01−24–+3¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6450
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2700/bu—−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7050
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2700–4.3100/bu—−12–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8650
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1700–4.2700/bu—−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6336
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9500–4.2400/bu+0.02−44–−15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5718
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.3100–4.5500/bu—−8–+16¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9492
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4900–4.5400/bu—+10–+15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9925
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4900–4.5400/bu—+10–+15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9925
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.