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Arkansas Daily Grain Bids

Arkansas · Little Rock · Tue, Aug 18
● Bids as filed35 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2960

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Arkansas River
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8775/bu+0.01−29¢/BuNovember (X)—
Mississippi River
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2175/bu+0.01+5¢/BuNovember (X)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2775/bu+0.01+11¢/BuNovember (X)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2975/bu+0.01+13¢/BuNovember (X)10.1875
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2675/bu+0.01+10¢/BuNovember (X)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3275/bu+0.01+16¢/BuNovember (X)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3475/bu+0.01+18¢/BuNovember (X)10.1875
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1375/bu+0.01−3¢/BuNovember (X)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2175/bu+0.01+5¢/BuNovember (X)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.1975/bu+0.01+3¢/BuNovember (X)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2475/bu+0.01+8¢/BuNovember (X)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.2675/bu+0.01+10¢/BuNovember (X)10.0075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.3675/bu+0.01+20¢/BuNovember (X)—
East
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7175/bu+0.01−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.8475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7575/bu+0.01−41¢/BuNovember (X)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0075/bu+0.01−16¢/BuNovember (X)10.0875
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered12.0175/bu+0.01−15¢/BuNovember (X)10.2575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8575/bu+0.01−31¢/BuNovember (X)9.9875
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.8975/bu+0.01−27¢/BuNovember (X)—
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Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.9675/bu+0.01−20¢/BuNovember (X)10.0575
Mills and ProcessorsUS #1Delivered11.9675/bu+0.01−20¢/BuNovember (X)10.2275

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Mississippi River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7925/bu+0.02+16¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8450
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9800/bu+0.02+10¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2200/bu+0.02+34¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2125
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8925/bu+0.02+26¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8650
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8325/bu+0.02+20¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8450
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0100/bu+0.02+13¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2200/bu+0.02+34¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2125
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8825/bu+0.02+25¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8650
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7225/bu+0.02+9¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7950
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1800/bu+0.02+30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2225
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8225/bu+0.02+19¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7825/bu+0.02+15¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8250
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8800/bu+0.020¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2100/bu+0.02+33¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2525
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.