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Kentucky Daily Grain Bids

Kentucky · Frankfort · Tue, Apr 22
● Bids as filed53 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2892

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9350–10.1150/bu+0.08−33–−15¢/BuNovember (X)11.4767
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4900–10.6500/bu+0.06+14–+30¢/BuMay (K)11.7925
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8350–9.9050/bu+0.01−43–−36¢/BuNovember (X)11.3400
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4500–10.4600/bu+0.06+10–+11¢/BuMay (K)11.6700
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9650–10.0150/bu+0.11−30–−25¢/BuNovember (X)11.4775
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4900/bu+0.06+14¢/BuMay (K)11.7017
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9650/bu+0.01−30¢/BuNovember (X)11.4900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4000/bu+0.06+5¢/BuMay (K)11.6750
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3150/bu+0.01−95¢/BuNovember (X)10.8900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6500/bu+0.06−70¢/BuMay (K)11.0250
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7650/bu+0.01−50¢/BuNovember (X)11.2400
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2000/bu+0.06−15¢/BuMay (K)11.4250
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9000/bu+0.06−45¢/BuMay (K)10.8000
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9000/bu+0.06−45¢/BuMay (K)11.1250
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5650–10.0450/bu+0.01−70–−22¢/BuNovember (X)11.2150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9000–10.5700/bu+0.06−45–+22¢/BuMay (K)11.2500

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.4525/bu+0.02−5¢/BuJuly (N)5.9775
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.3050/bu+0.03−5¢/BuMay (K)5.8500
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7525–5.4125/bu+0.02−75–−9¢/BuJuly (N)5.5775
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5050–4.8050/bu+0.03−85–−55¢/BuMay (K)5.3750
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.3025–5.4525/bu+0.02−20–−5¢/BuJuly (N)5.8950
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2025/bu+0.02−30¢/BuJuly (N)5.7725
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2550/bu+0.03−10¢/BuMay (K)—
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.3025–5.4125/bu+0.02−20–−9¢/BuJuly (N)5.9200
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6950–5.1550/bu+0.03−66–−20¢/BuMay (K)5.5700
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2525/bu+0.02−25¢/BuJuly (N)5.8775
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8525/bu+0.02−65¢/BuJuly (N)5.3775
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6025/bu+0.02−90¢/BuJuly (N)5.1775
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7525–5.3025/bu+0.02−75–−20¢/BuJuly (N)5.7275
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1550/bu+0.03−20¢/BuMay (K)—

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9200/bu+0.07+34¢/BuDecember (Z)5.1475
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.5075/bu+0.06+75¢/BuMay (K)5.7300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3000–4.3800/bu+0.07−20¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4308
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8575–4.9375/bu+0.08+10–+18¢/BuMay (K)4.5450
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0800/bu+0.07+50¢/BuDecember (Z)5.1475
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.6075/bu+0.06+85¢/BuMay (K)5.3800
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3300–4.3500/bu+0.07−25–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4163
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8775–4.9575/bu+0.07+12–+20¢/BuMay (K)4.5000
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3300/bu+0.07−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4975
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9575/bu+0.06+20¢/BuMay (K)4.4300
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9800/bu+0.07+40¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9575–5.7575/bu+0.06+20–+100¢/BuMay (K)4.6300
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2800–4.4800/bu+0.07−30–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4475
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5575–4.9075/bu+0.06−20–+15¢/BuMay (K)4.3300
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2000–4.2800/bu+0.07−38–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3475
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7975–4.8675/bu+0.08+4–+11¢/BuMay (K)4.4550
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1800/bu+0.07−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0975
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8875/bu+0.06+13¢/BuMay (K)4.1800
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3300/bu+0.07−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5475
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8575/bu+0.06+10¢/BuMay (K)4.4800
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7875/bu+0.06+3¢/BuMay (K)4.3325
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7875–4.8575/bu+0.06+3–+10¢/BuMay (K)4.3900

Sorghum

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6300/bu+0.06+5¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5175
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.