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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Tue, Sep 8
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.1625/bu+0.070¢/BuNovember (X)9.9125
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.1625/bu+0.050¢/BuNovember (X)10.0325
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.8125–13.0125/bu+0.07−35–−15¢/BuNovember (X)9.7975
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.8325–13.2125/bu+0.02−33–+5¢/BuNovember (X)9.9475
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.8925–13.0125/bu+0.07−27–−15¢/BuNovember (X)9.7875
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.8925–13.4125/bu+0.07−27–+25¢/BuNovember (X)9.8625
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6725–13.1625/bu+0.08−49–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.6005
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6725–13.0625/bu+0.08−49–−10¢/BuNovember (X)9.6505
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4425–12.7625/bu+0.07−72–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.7558
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5125–12.7625/bu+0.06−65–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.6842
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.7625–12.9125/bu+0.07−40–−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.9100
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.7625–12.9125/bu+0.07−40–−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.9488
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6825–12.8925/bu+0.07−48–−27¢/BuNovember (X)9.8169
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6825–13.1325/bu+0.02−48–−3¢/BuNovember (X)9.8238
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6925–12.8225/bu+0.07−47–−34¢/BuNovember (X)9.6568
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6925–12.9025/bu+0.07−47–−26¢/BuNovember (X)9.6768
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.8125/bu+0.12−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.8058
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.8125/bu+0.07−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.8458
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5925–12.7825/bu+0.07−57–−38¢/BuNovember (X)9.7211
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5925–12.7125/bu+0.07−57–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.6325
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered12.9625–13.4625/bu+0.07−20–+30¢/BuNovember (X)10.0565
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.9625–13.2625/bu+0.07−20–+10¢/BuNovember (X)10.1375
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.9625–13.4125/bu+0.14−20–+25¢/BuNovember (X)10.1375

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered7.1875/bu+0.11−45¢/BuJuly (N)—
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered7.0875/bu+0.11−55¢/BuJuly (N)—
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.6025–6.7525/bu+0.14−70–−55¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered7.1700–7.4100/bu+0.13−30–−6¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6775

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1850/bu+0.03−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0575
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0550/bu+0.03−28¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1175
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9950–5.2950/bu+0.05−34–−4¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8792
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9850–5.1150/bu+0.03−35–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8925
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8850–5.1150/bu+0.09−45–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9525
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8850–5.1350/bu+0.09−45–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9525
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6350–5.1350/bu+0.04−70–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7555
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6350–4.9850/bu+0.04−70–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7675
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9250–5.0850/bu+0.02−41–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8161
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7150–5.0350/bu+0.04−62–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7775
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9350–5.0150/bu+0.03−40–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8200
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9350–5.0350/bu+0.05−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8488
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8950–5.0850/bu+0.03−44–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8344
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8850–5.0850/bu+0.03−45–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8212
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6650–5.1450/bu+0.07−67–−19¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8113
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6650–5.1450/bu+0.07−67–−19¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8138
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9850/bu+0.03−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8475
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9850–5.0350/bu+0.03−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8900
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8050–4.9850/bu+0.03−53–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7746
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7050–4.9950/bu+0.04−63–−34¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7818
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered4.9850–5.3150/bu+0.08−35–−2¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0442
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered5.3050–5.3850/bu+0.03−3–+5¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0475
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered5.3050–5.3850/bu+0.11−3–+5¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1725
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.