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Kentucky Daily Grain Bids

Kentucky · Frankfort · Tue, Apr 15
● Bids as filed53 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2892

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8975–10.1475/bu+0.01−40–−15¢/BuNovember (X)11.3317
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5100–10.6600/bu+0.04+15–+30¢/BuMay (K)11.5150
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8675–9.8975/bu+0.01−43–−40¢/BuNovember (X)11.2150
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4800–10.4900/bu+0.03+12–+13¢/BuMay (K)11.3850
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8975–9.9975/bu+0.01−40–−30¢/BuNovember (X)11.3300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4500–10.5400/bu+0.07+9–+18¢/BuMay (K)11.4267
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9975/bu+0.01−30¢/BuNovember (X)11.3350
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4100/bu+0.06+5¢/BuMay (K)11.4500
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3475/bu+0.01−95¢/BuNovember (X)10.7350
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6600/bu+0.06−70¢/BuMay (K)10.8000
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7975/bu+0.01−50¢/BuNovember (X)11.0850
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2100/bu+0.06−15¢/BuMay (K)11.2000
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9100/bu+0.02−45¢/BuMay (K)10.6750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9100/bu+0.02−45¢/BuMay (K)10.8600
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4975–10.0275/bu+0.01−80–−27¢/BuNovember (X)11.0600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9100–10.5800/bu+0.06−45–+22¢/BuMay (K)11.0250

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.5100/bu+0.06−5¢/BuJuly (N)5.5975
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.3725/bu+0.05−5¢/BuMay (K)5.4975
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8100–5.4500/bu+0.06−75–−11¢/BuJuly (N)5.1975
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5725–4.8725/bu+0.05−85–−55¢/BuMay (K)5.0225
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.3600–5.5100/bu+0.06−20–−5¢/BuJuly (N)5.5200
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2600/bu+0.06−30¢/BuJuly (N)5.3925
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.3225/bu+0.05−10¢/BuMay (K)—
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.3600–5.4600/bu+0.06−20–−10¢/BuJuly (N)5.5208
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7625–5.1925/bu+0.05−66–−23¢/BuMay (K)5.2175
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.3100/bu+0.06−25¢/BuJuly (N)5.3975
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9100/bu+0.06−65¢/BuJuly (N)4.9975
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6600/bu+0.06−90¢/BuJuly (N)4.7975
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8100–5.3600/bu+0.03−75–−20¢/BuJuly (N)5.2975
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2225/bu+0.05−20¢/BuMay (K)—

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9925/bu+0.02+35¢/BuDecember (Z)5.0725
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.8125/bu+0.04+100¢/BuMay (K)5.5250
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3625–4.4425/bu+0.01−20¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3558
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9325–4.9825/bu+0.05+12–+17¢/BuMay (K)4.3750
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1425/bu+0.02+50¢/BuDecember (Z)5.0725
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.6625/bu+0.04+85¢/BuMay (K)5.3100
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3925–4.4125/bu+0.02−25–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3425
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9325–5.0125/bu+0.04+12–+20¢/BuMay (K)4.3367
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3925/bu+0.02−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2675
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0125/bu+0.04+20¢/BuMay (K)4.2600
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0425/bu+0.02+40¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0125–5.8125/bu+0.04+20–+100¢/BuMay (K)4.5100
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3425–4.5425/bu+0.02−30–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3725
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6125–5.0025/bu+0.09−20–+19¢/BuMay (K)4.2100
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2725–4.3425/bu+0.02−37–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2725
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8825–4.9425/bu+0.04+7–+13¢/BuMay (K)4.3050
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2425/bu+0.02−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0225
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9125/bu+0.04+10¢/BuMay (K)4.0600
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3925/bu+0.02−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4725
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9125/bu+0.04+10¢/BuMay (K)4.3600
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8425/bu+0.08+3¢/BuMay (K)4.2625
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8425–4.9125/bu+0.08+3–+10¢/BuMay (K)4.2200

Sorghum

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6425/bu+0.020¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4425
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.