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Kentucky Daily Grain Bids

Kentucky · Frankfort · Mon, Apr 21
● Bids as filed53 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2892

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8575–10.1075/bu+0.07−40–−15¢/BuNovember (X)11.4542
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4350–10.5950/bu+0.08+14–+30¢/BuMay (K)11.7100
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8275–9.8975/bu+0.07−43–−36¢/BuNovember (X)11.3175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3950–10.4050/bu+0.07+10–+11¢/BuMay (K)11.5850
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8575–10.0175/bu+0.07−40–−24¢/BuNovember (X)11.4625
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4350–10.4450/bu+0.07+14–+15¢/BuMay (K)11.6000
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9575/bu+0.07−30¢/BuNovember (X)11.4675
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3450/bu+0.07+5¢/BuMay (K)11.6100
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3075/bu+0.07−95¢/BuNovember (X)10.8675
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5950/bu+0.07−70¢/BuMay (K)10.9600
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7575/bu+0.07−50¢/BuNovember (X)11.2175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1450/bu+0.07−15¢/BuMay (K)11.3600
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8450/bu+0.07−45¢/BuMay (K)10.7775
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8450/bu+0.07−45¢/BuMay (K)11.0600
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5575–9.9875/bu+0.07−70–−27¢/BuNovember (X)11.1925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8450–10.5150/bu+0.07−45–+22¢/BuMay (K)11.1850

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.4725/bu+0.10−5¢/BuJuly (N)5.8250
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.3350/bu+0.10−5¢/BuMay (K)5.7025
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7725–5.4325/bu+0.10−75–−9¢/BuJuly (N)5.4250
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5350–4.8350/bu+0.10−85–−55¢/BuMay (K)5.2275
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.3225–5.4725/bu+0.10−20–−5¢/BuJuly (N)5.7425
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2225/bu+0.10−30¢/BuJuly (N)5.6200
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2850/bu+0.10−10¢/BuMay (K)—
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.3225–5.4325/bu+0.10−20–−9¢/BuJuly (N)5.7675
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7250–5.1850/bu+0.10−66–−20¢/BuMay (K)5.4225
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2725/bu+0.10−25¢/BuJuly (N)5.6250
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8725/bu+0.10−65¢/BuJuly (N)5.2250
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6225/bu+0.10−90¢/BuJuly (N)5.0250
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7725–5.3225/bu+0.10−75–−20¢/BuJuly (N)5.5750
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1850/bu+0.10−20¢/BuMay (K)—

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9850/bu+0.03+34¢/BuDecember (Z)5.1250
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.5675/bu+0.01+75¢/BuMay (K)5.6675
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3675–4.4450/bu+0.02−20¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4083
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9375–4.9975/bu+0.03+12–+18¢/BuMay (K)4.5100
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1450/bu+0.02+50¢/BuDecember (Z)5.1250
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.6675/bu+0.01+85¢/BuMay (K)5.3475
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3950–4.4175/bu+0.02−25–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3900
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9475–5.0275/bu+0.02+13–+21¢/BuMay (K)4.4708
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3950/bu+0.02−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4750
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0175/bu+0.01+20¢/BuMay (K)4.3975
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0450/bu+0.02+40¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0175–5.8175/bu+0.01+20–+100¢/BuMay (K)4.5975
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3450–4.5450/bu+0.02−30–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4250
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6175–5.0075/bu+0.01−20–+19¢/BuMay (K)4.2975
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2650–4.3450/bu+0.02−38–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3250
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8775–4.9275/bu+0.04+6–+11¢/BuMay (K)4.4175
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2450/bu+0.02−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0750
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9475/bu+0.01+13¢/BuMay (K)4.1475
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3950/bu+0.02−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5250
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9175/bu+0.01+10¢/BuMay (K)4.4475
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8475/bu+0.01+3¢/BuMay (K)4.3150
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8475–4.9175/bu+0.01+3–+10¢/BuMay (K)4.3575

Sorghum

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6850/bu+0.03+4¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4950
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.