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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Tue, Aug 11
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6375/bu+0.11−5¢/BuNovember (X)9.9875
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8675/bu+0.14+18¢/BuNovember (X)10.2775
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3375–11.4875/bu+0.11−35–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.9008
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4175–11.6075/bu+0.11−27–−8¢/BuNovember (X)10.1342
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3875–11.4375/bu+0.11−30–−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.8775
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5375–11.5975/bu+0.11−15–−9¢/BuNovember (X)10.1100
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1675–11.6875/bu+0.11−52–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.6375
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3875–11.8375/bu+0.11−30–+15¢/BuNovember (X)9.8195
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9675–11.2875/bu+0.11−72–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.7925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0775–11.2175/bu+0.00−61–−47¢/BuNovember (X)9.7542
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2875–11.3375/bu+0.11−40–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.9213
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4575–11.7875/bu+0.11−23–+10¢/BuNovember (X)10.1138
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2075–11.4075/bu+0.11−48–−28¢/BuNovember (X)9.8656
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3475–11.7075/bu+0.10−34–+2¢/BuNovember (X)9.9838
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2475–11.3775/bu+0.11−44–−31¢/BuNovember (X)9.7618
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2375–11.5975/bu+0.11−45–−9¢/BuNovember (X)9.8532
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2875–11.3375/bu+0.11−40–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.9342
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4875/bu+0.11−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.9442
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1175–11.3575/bu+0.11−57–−33¢/BuNovember (X)9.7532
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0575–11.5575/bu+0.11−63–−13¢/BuNovember (X)9.7761
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.8675–12.1875/bu+0.10+18–+50¢/BuNovember (X)10.3075
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4875–12.0875/bu+0.11−20–+40¢/BuNovember (X)10.3275
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4875–12.0875/bu+0.11−20–+40¢/BuNovember (X)10.3275

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1525/bu+0.10−60¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6025/bu—−70¢/BuSeptember (U)4.5333
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2525/bu—−50¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered6.1025–6.2525/bu+0.10−20–−5¢/BuSeptember (U)4.8250

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5650/bu+0.02−4¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8050
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5475/bu+0.02+18¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9350
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2850–4.3550/bu+0.01−32–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5933
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2275–4.2875/bu+0.02−14–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6500
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3050–4.3850/bu+0.01−30–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6200
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3175–4.4175/bu+0.02−5–+5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7475
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1050–4.5550/bu+0.03−50–−5¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4470
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0675–4.4675/bu+0.02−30–+10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5010
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1950–4.2550/bu+0.01−41–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6021
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9575–4.2175/bu+0.02−41–−15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5021
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2050–4.2550/bu+0.01−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5650
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1075–4.3175/bu+0.02−26–−5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5413
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1650–4.3550/bu+0.01−44–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5831
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1475–4.3475/bu+0.02−22–−2¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6106
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1350–4.4050/bu+0.00−47–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5263
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1175–4.3975/bu+0.02−25–+3¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5175
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2550/bu+0.01−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5950
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2475–4.2875/bu+0.02−12–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7275
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1550–4.2550/bu+0.01−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5221
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9575–4.2175/bu+0.02−41–−15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4450
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.2875–4.5675/bu+0.02−8–+20¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8283
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4675–4.5175/bu+0.02+10–+15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9050
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4675–4.5175/bu+0.02+10–+15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9050
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.