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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Fri, Aug 14
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9250/bu+0.130¢/BuNovember (X)9.9750
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1350/bu+0.12+21¢/BuNovember (X)10.2050
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5750–11.7250/bu+0.10−35–−20¢/BuNovember (X)10.0017
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6750–11.8450/bu+0.10−25–−8¢/BuNovember (X)10.1583
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6250–11.6750/bu+0.10−30–−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.9250
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7750–11.8350/bu+0.10−15–−9¢/BuNovember (X)10.1417
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4250–11.9250/bu+0.10−50–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.6890
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6150–12.0750/bu+0.10−31–+15¢/BuNovember (X)9.7150
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2150–11.5250/bu+0.11−71–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.8883
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3350–11.4750/bu+0.11−59–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.7900
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5250–11.6750/bu+0.10−40–−25¢/BuNovember (X)10.0313
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7250–12.0250/bu+0.10−20–+10¢/BuNovember (X)10.2017
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4450–11.7250/bu+0.10−48–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.9488
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6050–11.9450/bu+0.10−32–+2¢/BuNovember (X)10.0888
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4850–11.6150/bu+0.10−44–−31¢/BuNovember (X)9.7421
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4750–11.8050/bu+0.10−45–−12¢/BuNovember (X)9.8021
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5250–11.5750/bu+0.10−40–−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.0083
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7250/bu+0.10−20¢/BuNovember (X)10.0250
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3550–11.6050/bu+0.10−57–−32¢/BuNovember (X)9.8407
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3250–11.8750/bu+0.10−60–−5¢/BuNovember (X)9.8093
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.1750–12.4250/bu+0.15+25–+50¢/BuNovember (X)10.3850
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7250–12.1750/bu+0.10−20–+25¢/BuNovember (X)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7250–12.1750/bu+0.10−20–+25¢/BuNovember (X)10.4750

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.6575/bu+0.18−45¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0475/bu+0.22−70¢/BuSeptember (U)4.5483
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5575/bu+0.18−55¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered6.5475–6.6975/bu+0.22−20–−5¢/BuSeptember (U)4.8150

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7525/bu+0.11−8¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9525
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7500/bu+0.11+16¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0675
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5125–4.5825/bu+0.11−32–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7008
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4500–4.5100/bu+0.11−14–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7858
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5325–4.6125/bu+0.11−30–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7275
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5400–4.6400/bu+0.11−5–+5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8700
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2825–4.7825/bu+0.11−55–−5¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5825
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2700–4.7400/bu+0.11−32–+15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5775
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4225–4.5325/bu+0.11−41–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7096
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1800–4.4400/bu+0.11−41–−15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6318
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4325–4.4825/bu+0.11−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6725
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3300–4.4900/bu+0.11−26–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6625
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3925–4.5825/bu+0.11−44–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6913
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3900–4.5700/bu+0.11−20–−2¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7338
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3525–4.6325/bu+0.11−48–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6513
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3400–4.6100/bu+0.11−25–+2¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6138
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4825/bu+0.11−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6975
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4700–4.5100/bu+0.11−12–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8250
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3925–4.4825/bu+0.12−44–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6311
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1800–4.4600/bu+0.12−41–−13¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5961
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.4900–4.7900/bu+0.09−10–+20¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9658
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.6900–4.7400/bu+0.11+10–+15¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.6900–4.7400/bu+0.11+10–+15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9525
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.