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Kentucky Daily Grain Bids

Kentucky · Frankfort · Mon, Apr 7
● Bids as filed53 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2892

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3100–9.7100/bu+0.03−50–−10¢/BuNovember (X)11.5792
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8700–10.0800/bu+0.06+4–+25¢/BuMay (K)11.8950
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1800–9.3800/bu+0.03−63–−43¢/BuNovember (X)11.4425
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7700–9.8400/bu+0.04−6–+1¢/BuMay (K)11.7900
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4600–9.5100/bu+0.03−35–−30¢/BuNovember (X)11.5600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8800–9.9200/bu+0.07+5–+9¢/BuMay (K)11.8183
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5100/bu+0.03−30¢/BuNovember (X)11.5925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8800/bu+0.06+5¢/BuMay (K)11.8150
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered8.8600/bu+0.03−95¢/BuNovember (X)10.9925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1300/bu+0.06−70¢/BuMay (K)11.1650
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3100/bu+0.03−50¢/BuNovember (X)12.3425
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6800/bu+0.06−15¢/BuMay (K)12.0650
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3400/bu+0.06−49¢/BuMay (K)11.2350
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3400/bu+0.06−49¢/BuMay (K)11.2350
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.0100–9.4000/bu+0.03−80–−41¢/BuNovember (X)11.3175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3800–9.9300/bu+0.06−45–+10¢/BuMay (K)11.3900

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.4550/bu+0.08−5¢/BuJuly (N)5.7550
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.3250/bu+0.09−5¢/BuMay (K)5.6575
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7550–5.3550/bu+0.08−75–−15¢/BuJuly (N)5.3550
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5250–4.8250/bu+0.09−85–−55¢/BuMay (K)5.1825
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.3050–5.4250/bu+0.08−20–−8¢/BuJuly (N)5.6100
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2050/bu+0.08−30¢/BuJuly (N)5.5900
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2750/bu+0.09−10¢/BuMay (K)—
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.3050–5.4050/bu+0.08−20–−10¢/BuJuly (N)5.6283
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7150–5.1750/bu+0.08−66–−20¢/BuMay (K)5.3975
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2550/bu+0.08−25¢/BuJuly (N)5.5550
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8550/bu+0.08−65¢/BuJuly (N)5.1550
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6050/bu+0.08−90¢/BuJuly (N)4.9550
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7250–5.1550/bu+0.08−78–−35¢/BuJuly (N)5.3500
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1150/bu+0.09−26¢/BuMay (K)—

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8100/bu+0.01+35¢/BuDecember (Z)5.1300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.6450/bu+0.04+100¢/BuMay (K)5.4300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1600–4.2600/bu+0.01−30–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4067
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7650–4.8450/bu+0.03+12–+20¢/BuMay (K)4.4175
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9600/bu+0.01+50¢/BuDecember (Z)5.1300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.4950/bu+0.04+85¢/BuMay (K)5.2550
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2100–4.2400/bu+0.01−25–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3738
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7650–4.8050/bu+0.03+12–+16¢/BuMay (K)4.3883
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2100/bu+0.01−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3225
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8450/bu+0.04+20¢/BuMay (K)4.3050
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8600/bu+0.01+40¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8450–5.6450/bu+0.04+20–+100¢/BuMay (K)4.5550
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1600–4.3600/bu+0.01−30–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4300
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5450–4.8650/bu+0.04−10–+22¢/BuMay (K)4.2800
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0100–4.1600/bu+0.04−45–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7050–4.7850/bu+0.01+6–+14¢/BuMay (K)4.3250
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0600/bu+0.01−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0800
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7450/bu+0.04+10¢/BuMay (K)3.9950
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2100/bu+0.01−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5300
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7450/bu+0.04+10¢/BuMay (K)4.4050
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5550/bu+0.04−9¢/BuMay (K)4.2875
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5550–4.7450/bu+0.04−9–+10¢/BuMay (K)4.2850

Sorghum

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4600/bu+0.010¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5000
Source: USDA AMS · Frankfort, KY. 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.