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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Mon, Aug 24
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6925–11.9125/bu+0.13−55–−33¢/BuNovember (X)9.8918
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7425–12.2625/bu+0.15−50–+2¢/BuNovember (X)9.8661
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.5425–12.7425/bu+0.15+30–+50¢/BuNovember (X)10.3975
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0425–12.4925/bu+0.15−20–+25¢/BuNovember (X)10.5275
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0425–12.4925/bu+0.15−20–+25¢/BuNovember (X)10.5275
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2825/bu+0.15+4¢/BuNovember (X)10.0775
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4425/bu+0.15+20¢/BuNovember (X)10.1975
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8925–12.0625/bu+0.15−35–−18¢/BuNovember (X)10.0392
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1125–12.1625/bu+0.15−13–−8¢/BuNovember (X)10.1742
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9425–12.1025/bu+0.15−30–−14¢/BuNovember (X)9.8900
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0425–12.2425/bu+0.15−20–0¢/BuNovember (X)10.0525
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8025–12.3025/bu+0.15−44–+6¢/BuNovember (X)9.7055
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8925–12.4225/bu+0.15−35–+18¢/BuNovember (X)9.7895
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5225–11.8425/bu+0.15−72–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.9208
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6625–11.8425/bu+0.15−58–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.8492
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8425–11.9925/bu+0.15−40–−25¢/BuNovember (X)10.0900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0425–12.3925/bu+0.15−20–+15¢/BuNovember (X)10.2486
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7625–11.9725/bu+0.15−48–−27¢/BuNovember (X)9.9969
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9625–12.2825/bu+0.18−28–+4¢/BuNovember (X)10.1256
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8425–11.9725/bu+0.15−40–−27¢/BuNovember (X)9.7846
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8425–12.1525/bu+0.15−40–−9¢/BuNovember (X)9.8389
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8425–11.8925/bu+0.15−40–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.9708
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0425/bu+0.15−20¢/BuNovember (X)10.0142

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.7850/bu+0.01−45¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1175/bu+0.00−70¢/BuSeptember (U)4.5425
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.6850/bu+0.01−55¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered6.6675–6.7675/bu+0.00−15–−5¢/BuSeptember (U)4.7675

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0750/bu+0.07−8¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0325
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0150/bu+0.08+10¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0325
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8350–4.9050/bu+0.07−32–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7975
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7150–4.7850/bu+0.08−20–−13¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8458
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8550–4.9350/bu+0.07−30–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8400
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8450–4.9650/bu+0.08−7–+5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9000
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5750–5.1550/bu+0.07−58–0¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6525
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5850–5.0450/bu+0.08−33–+13¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6505
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7450–4.8550/bu+0.07−41–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7796
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5050–4.7650/bu+0.08−41–−15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6682
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7550–4.8050/bu+0.07−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7338
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6350–4.8150/bu+0.08−28–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7388
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7150–4.9350/bu+0.07−44–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7738
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7150–4.9150/bu+0.08−20–0¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7600
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6050–4.9650/bu+0.07−55–−19¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7288
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6350–4.7950/bu+0.08−28–−12¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7125
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8050–5.0350/bu+0.07−35–−12¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7725
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7950–4.8350/bu+0.08−12–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8625
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7050–4.8050/bu+0.06−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6968
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4750–4.7850/bu+0.06−44–−13¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6225
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.7850–5.1650/bu+0.08−13–+25¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0075
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered5.1150/bu+0.08+20¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0825
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered5.0650–5.1150/bu+0.08+15–+20¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0075
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.