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Kentucky Daily Grain Bids

Kentucky · Frankfort · Thu, Apr 17
● Bids as filed53 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2892

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9250–10.1750/bu+0.02−40–−15¢/BuNovember (X)11.2292
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5150–10.6650/bu+0.02+15–+30¢/BuMay (K)11.4025
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8950–9.9650/bu+0.02−43–−36¢/BuNovember (X)11.0925
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4650–10.4750/bu+0.01+10–+11¢/BuMay (K)11.2875
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9250–10.0750/bu+0.02−40–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.2375
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5050–10.5150/bu+0.02+14–+15¢/BuMay (K)11.2992
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0250/bu+0.02−30¢/BuNovember (X)11.2425
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4150/bu+0.02+5¢/BuMay (K)11.3425
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3750/bu+0.02−95¢/BuNovember (X)10.6425
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6650/bu+0.02−70¢/BuMay (K)10.6925
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8250/bu+0.02−50¢/BuNovember (X)10.9925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2150/bu+0.02−15¢/BuMay (K)11.0925
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9150/bu+0.02−45¢/BuMay (K)10.5825
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9150/bu+0.02−45¢/BuMay (K)10.7525
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6250–10.0550/bu+0.02−70–−27¢/BuNovember (X)10.9675
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9150–10.5850/bu+0.02−45–+22¢/BuMay (K)10.9175

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.5725/bu+0.01−5¢/BuJuly (N)5.4800
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.4375/bu+0.01−5¢/BuMay (K)5.3675
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8725–5.5325/bu+0.01−75–−9¢/BuJuly (N)5.0800
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6375–4.9375/bu+0.01−85–−55¢/BuMay (K)4.8925
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.4225–5.5725/bu+0.01−20–−5¢/BuJuly (N)5.4150
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.3225/bu+0.01−30¢/BuJuly (N)5.2750
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.3875/bu+0.01−10¢/BuMay (K)—
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.4225–5.5325/bu+0.01−20–−9¢/BuJuly (N)5.4200
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8275–5.2675/bu—−66–−22¢/BuMay (K)5.0875
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.3725/bu+0.01−25¢/BuJuly (N)5.2800
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9725/bu+0.01−65¢/BuJuly (N)4.8800
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7225/bu+0.01−90¢/BuJuly (N)4.6800
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8725–5.4225/bu+0.01−75–−20¢/BuJuly (N)5.1800
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2875/bu+0.01−20¢/BuMay (K)—

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0100/bu+0.01+35¢/BuDecember (Z)5.0000
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.5725/bu+0.17+75¢/BuMay (K)5.5175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3850–4.4600/bu+0.01−20¢/BuSeptember (U)4.2833
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9625–5.0025/bu+0.02+14–+18¢/BuMay (K)4.3625
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1600/bu+0.01+50¢/BuDecember (Z)5.0000
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.6725/bu+0.02+85¢/BuMay (K)5.2175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4100–4.4350/bu+0.01−25–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9625–5.0325/bu+0.03+14–+21¢/BuMay (K)4.3208
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4100/bu+0.01−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2000
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0225/bu+0.02+20¢/BuMay (K)4.2675
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0600/bu+0.01+40¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0225–5.8225/bu+0.02+20–+100¢/BuMay (K)4.4675
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3600–4.5600/bu+0.01−30–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3000
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6225–5.0125/bu+0.02−20–+19¢/BuMay (K)4.1675
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2800–4.3600/bu+0.02−38–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2000
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9125–4.9425/bu+0.04+9–+12¢/BuMay (K)4.2825
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2600/bu+0.01−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9500
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9525/bu+0.02+13¢/BuMay (K)4.0175
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4100/bu+0.01−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4000
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9225/bu+0.02+10¢/BuMay (K)4.3175
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8525/bu+0.02+3¢/BuMay (K)4.1900
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8525–4.9225/bu+0.02+3–+10¢/BuMay (K)4.1775

Sorghum

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6600/bu+0.010¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3700
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.