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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Wed, Aug 19
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3825/bu+0.21+1¢/BuNovember (X)9.9100
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5725/bu+0.21+20¢/BuNovember (X)9.9600
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0225–12.1925/bu+0.21−35–−18¢/BuNovember (X)9.9217
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1625–12.2925/bu+0.21−21–−8¢/BuNovember (X)10.0767
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0725–12.2325/bu+0.21−30–−14¢/BuNovember (X)9.7725
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2225–12.3125/bu+0.21−15–−6¢/BuNovember (X)10.0475
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8925–12.4325/bu+0.20−48–+6¢/BuNovember (X)9.5880
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0225–12.5525/bu+0.16−35–+18¢/BuNovember (X)9.6180
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6525–11.9725/bu+0.21−72–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.8367
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7925–11.9725/bu+0.23−58–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.7650
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9725–12.1225/bu+0.21−40–−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.9725
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1725–12.4725/bu+0.21−20–+10¢/BuNovember (X)10.1367
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8925–12.0925/bu+0.21−48–−28¢/BuNovember (X)9.8794
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1225–12.4125/bu+0.26−25–+4¢/BuNovember (X)10.0150
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9625–12.0925/bu+0.21−41–−28¢/BuNovember (X)9.6671
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0225–12.2825/bu+0.31−35–−9¢/BuNovember (X)9.7114
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9725–12.0225/bu+0.21−40–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.8533
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1725/bu+0.31−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.8967
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8025–12.0425/bu+0.21−57–−33¢/BuNovember (X)9.7743
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7725–12.3725/bu+0.21−60–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.7429
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.6225–12.8725/bu+0.21+25–+50¢/BuNovember (X)10.2800
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1725–12.6225/bu+0.21−20–+25¢/BuNovember (X)10.4100
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1725–12.6225/bu+0.21−20–+25¢/BuNovember (X)10.4100

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.7650/bu+0.13−45¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1025/bu+0.16−70¢/BuSeptember (U)4.5300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.6650/bu+0.13−55¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered6.6525–6.7525/bu+0.16−15–−5¢/BuSeptember (U)4.7550

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9100/bu+0.10−7¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9400
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8300/bu+0.06+10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8900
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6600–4.7300/bu+0.10−32–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7150
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5700–4.6300/bu+0.08−16–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7450
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6800–4.7600/bu+0.10−30–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7575
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6800–4.7800/bu+0.10−5–+5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8375
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4100–4.9800/bu+0.08−57–0¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5700
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4100–4.9000/bu+0.11−32–+17¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5560
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5700–4.6800/bu+0.10−41–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6971
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3200–4.5800/bu+0.10−41–−15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5786
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5800–4.6300/bu+0.10−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6513
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4500–4.6300/bu+0.08−28–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6475
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5400–4.7600/bu+0.10−44–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6913
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5300–4.7100/bu+0.10−20–−2¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6775
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4800–4.7800/bu+0.09−50–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6438
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4500–4.6100/bu+0.08−28–−12¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5975
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6300–4.8600/bu+0.10−35–−12¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6900
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6100–4.6500/bu+0.11−12–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7700
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5400–4.6300/bu+0.10−44–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6143
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3200–4.6000/bu+0.10−41–−13¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5300
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.6300–4.9500/bu+0.10−10–+22¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9150
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.8300–4.9300/bu+0.10+10–+20¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9900
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.8300–4.8800/bu+0.10+10–+15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9150
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.