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Arkansas Daily Grain Bids

Arkansas · Little Rock · Mon, May 18
● Bids as filed43 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2960

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Arkansas River
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6800/bu+0.30−33¢/BuNovember (X)9.9100
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8400/bu+0.36−29¢/BuJuly (N)10.1275
Mississippi River
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3100/bu+0.30+30¢/BuNovember (X)10.4200
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9100/bu+0.30−10¢/BuNovember (X)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9100/bu+0.30−10¢/BuNovember (X)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3225/bu+0.29+20¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2600/bu+0.30+25¢/BuNovember (X)10.4200
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9600/bu+0.30−5¢/BuNovember (X)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9100/bu+0.30−10¢/BuNovember (X)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3225/bu+0.29+20¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2725/bu+0.29+15¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8500/bu+0.30−16¢/BuNovember (X)10.2500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2025/bu+0.29+8¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2525/bu+0.29+13¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3700/bu+0.36+24¢/BuJuly (N)10.6475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9400/bu+0.30−7¢/BuNovember (X)10.2900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3025/bu+0.29+18¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0800/bu+0.36−5¢/BuJuly (N)10.6275
East
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5600/bu+0.30−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.7400
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7200/bu+0.36−41¢/BuJuly (N)9.9075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8500/bu+0.30−16¢/BuNovember (X)10.0300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.9800/bu+0.36−15¢/BuJuly (N)10.2075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7000/bu+0.30−31¢/BuNovember (X)9.8700
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8600/bu+0.36−27¢/BuJuly (N)10.0975
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.8100/bu+0.30−20¢/BuNovember (X)10.0500
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.9300/bu+0.36−20¢/BuJuly (N)10.2175

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8725/bu+0.19+5¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3325
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7725/bu+0.19−5¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1625
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1700/bu+0.17+19¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4675
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2650/bu+0.16+15¢/BuMarch (H)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9225/bu+0.19+10¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3325
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8225/bu+0.190¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1625
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2300/bu+0.17+25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5075
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.3150/bu+0.16+20¢/BuMarch (H)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7125/bu+0.19−11¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1325
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1600/bu+0.17+18¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4375
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2550/bu+0.16+14¢/BuMarch (H)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0700/bu+0.21+30¢/BuJuly (N)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8225/bu+0.190¢/BuSeptember (U)4.2025
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8400/bu+0.21+7¢/BuJuly (N)4.6450

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered6.6450/bu+0.290¢/BuJuly (N)5.2600
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered6.6650/bu+0.29+2¢/BuJuly (N)5.3300
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered6.6850/bu+0.29+4¢/BuJuly (N)5.2600
Source: USDA AMS · Little Rock, AR. 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.