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Illinois Grain Bids

Illinois · Springfield · Tue, Sep 15
● Bids as filed49 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 3192

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.1375/bu+0.15−5¢/BuNovember (X)10.1175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered13.1175/bu+0.15−7¢/BuNovember (X)10.2275
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.8075–13.0375/bu+0.12−38–−15¢/BuNovember (X)10.0242
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.8075–13.2375/bu+0.10−38–+5¢/BuNovember (X)10.0408
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.9075–12.9375/bu+0.15−28–−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.9725
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.9075–13.1875/bu+0.14−28–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.9675
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6275–13.1875/bu+0.15−56–0¢/BuNovember (X)9.7895
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6275–12.9375/bu+0.15−56–−25¢/BuNovember (X)9.8015
North
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4675–12.7875/bu+0.15−72–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.9542
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.4775–12.7875/bu+0.15−71–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.9375
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.7875–12.9375/bu+0.15−40–−25¢/BuNovember (X)10.0875
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.7875–12.9375/bu+0.15−40–−25¢/BuNovember (X)10.1175
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.7075–12.9175/bu+0.15−48–−27¢/BuNovember (X)10.0081
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.7275–13.1575/bu+0.15−46–−3¢/BuNovember (X)10.0175
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.6975–12.8475/bu+0.13−49–−34¢/BuNovember (X)9.8589
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5375–12.9275/bu+0.15−65–−26¢/BuNovember (X)9.8604
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.8375/bu+0.15−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.0142
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.8375/bu+0.15−35¢/BuNovember (X)10.0308
West
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5975–12.7875/bu+0.15−59–−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.9118
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.5975–12.7375/bu+0.15−59–−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.8646
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered13.0875–13.4875/bu+0.15−10–+30¢/BuNovember (X)10.2275
Chicago
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.9875–13.2875/bu+0.15−20–+10¢/BuNovember (X)—
Terminal ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.9875–13.4375/bu+0.15−20–+25¢/BuNovember (X)10.2725

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered7.0575/bu+0.06−45¢/BuJuly (N)5.3250
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.9575/bu+0.06−55¢/BuJuly (N)—
Chicago
Terminals/Mills/ProcessorsUS #1Delivered6.9850–7.2850/bu+0.07−30–0¢/BuDecember (Z)4.7650

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1775/bu+0.03−18¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1950
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0575/bu+0.03−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2950
North Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0075–5.3175/bu+0.02−35–−4¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9867
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9875–5.0875/bu+0.01−37–−27¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0000
South Illinois River
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9075–5.1375/bu+0.03−45–−22¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0450
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9075–5.1575/bu+0.03−45–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0450
Little Egypt
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5875–5.1575/bu+0.03−77–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8830
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5875–5.0075/bu+0.03−77–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9010
North
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8975–5.1075/bu+0.03−46–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9050
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7475–5.0575/bu+0.03−61–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9021
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9575–5.0375/bu+0.03−40–−32¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9213
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9575–5.0575/bu+0.03−40–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9107
South Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9175–5.1075/bu+0.03−44–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9763
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9075–5.1075/bu+0.03−45–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9423
Southwest
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6575–5.1675/bu+0.03−70–−19¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9325
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5575–5.1675/bu+0.03−80–−19¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9338
Wabash
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0075/bu+0.03−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9400
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0075–5.0575/bu+0.03−35–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9825
West
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8075–5.0075/bu+0.03−55–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8750
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7975–5.0275/bu+0.03−56–−33¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8721
Central
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered5.0075–5.3075/bu+0.03−35–−5¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1167
Chicago
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered5.3275–5.5575/bu+0.03−3–+20¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Mills and ProcessorsUS #2Delivered5.3275–5.5575/bu+0.03−3–+20¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1700
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.