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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Tue, Aug 25
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8275–12.0575/bu+0.14−55–−32¢/BuNovember (X)9.9093
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8775–12.4275/bu+0.14−50–+5¢/BuNovember (X)9.8836
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.6775–12.8775/bu+0.14+30–+50¢/BuNovember (X)10.4150
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1775–12.6275/bu+0.14−20–+25¢/BuNovember (X)10.5450
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2775–12.6275/bu+0.24−10–+25¢/BuNovember (X)10.5450
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4275/bu+0.15+5¢/BuNovember (X)10.0950
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5775/bu+0.14+20¢/BuNovember (X)10.2150
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0275–12.1975/bu+0.14−35–−18¢/BuNovember (X)10.0567
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2675–12.3275/bu+0.16−11–−5¢/BuNovember (X)10.1833
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0775–12.1475/bu+0.14−30–−23¢/BuNovember (X)9.9075
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1775–12.5775/bu+0.14−20–+20¢/BuNovember (X)10.0700
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9475–12.4375/bu+0.15−43–+6¢/BuNovember (X)9.7230
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0275–12.5575/bu+0.14−35–+18¢/BuNovember (X)9.8130
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6675–11.9775/bu+0.15−71–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.9383
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7975–12.0275/bu+0.14−58–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.8667
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9775–12.1275/bu+0.14−40–−25¢/BuNovember (X)10.1075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1775–12.5275/bu+0.14−20–+15¢/BuNovember (X)10.2661
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8975–12.1075/bu+0.14−48–−27¢/BuNovember (X)10.0144
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0975–12.4175/bu+0.14−28–+4¢/BuNovember (X)10.1431
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0075–12.1375/bu+0.17−37–−24¢/BuNovember (X)9.8021
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0775–12.2775/bu+0.24−30–−10¢/BuNovember (X)9.8679
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9775–12.0275/bu+0.14−40–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.9883
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1275–12.1775/bu+0.09−25–−20¢/BuNovember (X)10.0317

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.8425/bu+0.06−45¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2050/bu—−65¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1950
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1550–6.3050/bu+0.04−70–−55¢/BuSeptember (U)4.5700
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered6.7050–6.8050/bu+0.04−15–−5¢/BuSeptember (U)4.7950

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1550/bu+0.08−8¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0050
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1050/bu+0.09+10¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0150
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9150–4.9850/bu+0.08−32–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8550–4.9250/bu+0.14−15–−8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8283
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9350–5.0150/bu+0.08−30–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8125
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9350–5.0550/bu+0.09−7–+5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9000
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6550–5.2350/bu+0.08−58–0¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6250
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6650–5.1350/bu+0.08−34–+13¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6510
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8250–4.9850/bu+0.08−41–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7521
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5950–4.8550/bu+0.09−41–−15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6521
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8350–4.8850/bu+0.08−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7063
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7250–4.9050/bu+0.09−28–−10¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7150
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7950–5.0150/bu+0.08−44–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7463
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8050–5.0050/bu+0.09−20–0¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7425
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6850–5.0450/bu+0.08−55–−19¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7013
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6950–4.8850/bu+0.06−31–−12¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7063
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8850/bu+0.08−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7450
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8850–4.9550/bu+0.09−12–−5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8450
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7850–4.8850/bu+0.08−45–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6693
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5650–4.8750/bu+0.09−44–−13¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6064
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.9250–5.2550/bu+0.14−8–+25¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9900
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered5.2050/bu+0.09+20¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0650
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered5.1550–5.2050/bu+0.09+15–+20¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9900
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.