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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Tue, Aug 18
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1775/bu+0.01+1¢/BuNovember (X)9.8875
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3675/bu+0.01+20¢/BuNovember (X)9.9375
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8175–11.9675/bu+0.01−35–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.9142
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9575–12.0875/bu+0.03−21–−8¢/BuNovember (X)10.0542
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8675–12.0275/bu+0.01−30–−14¢/BuNovember (X)9.8375
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0175–12.1075/bu+0.01−15–−6¢/BuNovember (X)10.0250
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6975–12.1675/bu+0.01−47–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.6015
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8675–12.3475/bu+0.01−30–+18¢/BuNovember (X)9.6255
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4475–11.7675/bu+0.01−72–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.8025
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5675–11.7675/bu+0.01−60–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.7192
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7675–11.9175/bu+0.01−40–−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.9500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9675–12.2675/bu+0.01−20–+10¢/BuNovember (X)10.1142
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6875–11.8875/bu+0.01−48–−28¢/BuNovember (X)9.8469
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8675–12.2075/bu+0.01−30–+4¢/BuNovember (X)9.9894
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7575–11.8875/bu+0.01−41–−28¢/BuNovember (X)9.6546
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7175–12.0775/bu+0.01−45–−9¢/BuNovember (X)9.7118
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7675–11.8175/bu+0.01−40–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.8442
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8675/bu+0.09−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.8875
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5975–11.8375/bu+0.01−57–−33¢/BuNovember (X)9.7589
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5675–12.1075/bu+0.01−60–−6¢/BuNovember (X)9.6918
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.4175–12.6675/bu+0.01+25–+50¢/BuNovember (X)10.2575
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9675–12.4175/bu+0.01−20–+25¢/BuNovember (X)10.3875
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9675–12.4175/bu+0.01−20–+25¢/BuNovember (X)10.3875

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.6325/bu+0.03−45¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9450/bu+0.10−70¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5325/bu+0.03−55¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered6.4950–6.5950/bu+0.10−15–−5¢/BuSeptember (U)4.7100

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8100/bu+0.02−7¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9325
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7725/bu+0.06+14¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8850
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5600–4.6300/bu+0.02−32–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6808
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4925–4.5325/bu+0.02−14–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7750
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5800–4.6600/bu+0.02−30–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7075
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5825–4.6825/bu+0.02−5–+5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8325
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3300–4.8300/bu+0.02−55–−5¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5625
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3025–4.8025/bu+0.03−33–+17¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5430
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4700–4.5800/bu+0.02−41–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6896
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2225–4.4825/bu+0.02−41–−15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5764
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4800–4.5300/bu+0.02−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6438
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3725–4.5325/bu+0.02−26–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6425
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4400–4.6600/bu+0.02−44–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6825
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4325–4.6125/bu+0.02−20–−2¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6644
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3900–4.6800/bu+0.02−49–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6313
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3725–4.5125/bu+0.03−26–−12¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5900
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5300/bu+0.02−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6700
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5025–4.5525/bu+0.03−13–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7825
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4400–4.5300/bu+0.02−44–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6082
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2225–4.5025/bu+0.02−41–−13¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5279
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.5325–4.8525/bu+0.02−10–+22¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9233
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.7325–4.8325/bu+0.02+10–+20¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9850
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.7325–4.7825/bu+0.02+10–+15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9100
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.