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Arkansas Daily Grain Bids

Arkansas · Little Rock · Mon, Aug 17
● Bids as filed35 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2960

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Arkansas River
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8700/bu+0.24−29¢/BuNovember (X)—
Mississippi River
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2100/bu+0.24+5¢/BuNovember (X)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2700/bu+0.24+11¢/BuNovember (X)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2900/bu+0.24+13¢/BuNovember (X)10.2625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2600/bu+0.24+10¢/BuNovember (X)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3200/bu+0.24+16¢/BuNovember (X)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3400/bu+0.24+18¢/BuNovember (X)10.2625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1300/bu+0.24−3¢/BuNovember (X)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2100/bu+0.24+5¢/BuNovember (X)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1900/bu+0.24+3¢/BuNovember (X)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2400/bu+0.24+8¢/BuNovember (X)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2600/bu+0.24+10¢/BuNovember (X)10.0825
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3600/bu+0.24+20¢/BuNovember (X)—
East
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7100/bu+0.24−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.9225
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7500/bu+0.24−41¢/BuNovember (X)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0000/bu+0.24−16¢/BuNovember (X)10.1625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0100/bu+0.24−15¢/BuNovember (X)10.3325
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8500/bu+0.24−31¢/BuNovember (X)10.0625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8900/bu+0.24−27¢/BuNovember (X)—
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.9600/bu+0.24−20¢/BuNovember (X)10.1325
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.9600/bu+0.24−20¢/BuNovember (X)10.3025

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8100/bu+0.06+16¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8800
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9950/bu+0.06+10¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2350/bu+0.06+34¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2450
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9100/bu+0.06+26¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9000
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8500/bu+0.06+20¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8800
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0250/bu+0.06+13¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2350/bu+0.06+34¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2450
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9000/bu+0.06+25¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9000
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7400/bu+0.06+9¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8300
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1950/bu+0.06+30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2550
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8400/bu+0.06+19¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8000/bu+0.06+15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8600
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8950/bu+0.060¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2250/bu+0.06+33¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2850
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.