Cash grain bids in Alexander, IL today

Nearest-delivery bid: corn $4.50 at Franklin Elevator Inc. (Orleans, Alexander) for Oct 2026 delivery, posted Oct 18.

Bids posted by 1 elevator in Alexander, IL, read from each elevator’s own bid board. Cash is $/bu. Each elevator shows when it posted; call before you haul.

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Franklin Elevator Inc.

Orleans

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Updated Oct 18, 9:30 pm CT · call to confirm (217-675-2393)

Crop	Delivery	Cash	Basis
Corn	Oct 2026	$4.50	−23¢ vs Dec '26
Corn	Jan 2027	$4.73	−13¢ vs Mar '27
Soybeans	Oct 2026	$12.23	−40¢ vs Nov '26
Soybeans	Jan 2027	$12.54	−24¢ vs Jan '27

Corn: Hold to Jan? +23¢ posted carry, net of storage and interest: +5¢ a bushel.

Soybeans: Hold to Jan? +31¢ posted carry, net of storage and interest: −1¢ a bushel.

Corn basis at Franklin Elevator Inc. (Orleans, Alexander), −23¢ vs Dec '26, is 8¢ stronger than the Illinois middle (−31¢, 219 elevators). Soybean basis at Franklin Elevator Inc. (Orleans, Alexander), −40¢ vs Nov '26, is even with the Illinois middle (−40¢, 159 elevators). Illinois basis today

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Other elevators within 40 miles

Franklin Elevator Inc., Franklin, IL 9 mi · posted Oct 18
Corn $4.50 Oct · Soybeans $12.23 Oct
RCM Co-op (Rpa), Pleasant Plains, IL 11 mi · posted Oct 18
Corn $4.40 Oct · Soybeans $12.20 Oct
BAB Grain (Waverly Rail), Waverly, IL 13 mi · posted Oct 18
Corn $4.47 Nov
ADM, New Berlin, IL 15 mi · posted Oct 18
Corn $4.68 Dec · Soybeans $12.52 Dec
CHS Illinois, Lowder, IL 17 mi · posted Oct 18
Corn $4.62 Oct · Soybeans $12.27 Oct
Franklin Elevator Inc., Scottville, IL 19 mi · posted Oct 18
Corn $4.50 Oct · Soybeans $12.23 Oct

Straight-line miles from the center of ZIP 62601. Each price is that elevator’s highest posted cash for its nearest delivery month, posted in the last 72 hours. Call to confirm before you haul.

Questions about Alexander bids

What is corn paying in Alexander today?

The nearest-delivery corn bid we read in Alexander, IL is $4.50 a bushel at Franklin Elevator Inc. (Orleans, Alexander) for Oct 2026 delivery, posted Oct 18. Call the elevator to confirm before you haul.

What is the corn basis in Alexander?

Franklin Elevator Inc. (Orleans, Alexander) posts corn basis of −23¢ vs Dec '26 for Oct 2026 delivery. That is 8¢ stronger than the Illinois middle (−31¢, 219 elevators).

How far is the next elevator from Alexander?

The nearest other elevator with a current bid is Franklin Elevator Inc. in Franklin, IL, 9 miles straight-line from the center of ZIP 62601. It posted corn $4.50 and soybeans $12.23 on Oct 18.

Where these come from. The AGSIST elevator network reads each elevator’s posted bid board directly; no third-party bid feed is used for the bids on this page. A bid shows only if the board was read successfully in the last 6 hours and did not fail on the latest pass, the price was posted in the last 72 hours, and its delivery period has not ended. This page is a snapshot and is rebuilt through the day; the live page has the newest board and nearby elevators. Basis is cash minus the futures contract named under it. A “Hold to” line names the later month this elevator posts that comes out best once storage and interest are taken off: its posted carry (that month’s bid minus the nearest one), net of storage at 3.5¢ a month (default), interest at 7% a year (default), no shrink (default); put in your own costs on Store or sell. The “Basis since” box reads AGSIST’s daily basis log, which keeps the day each elevator’s basis changed; until Oct 11, 2026 that log also drew on a licensed bid feed.

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