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Kentucky Daily Grain Bids

Kentucky · Frankfort · Tue, May 6
● Bids as filed51 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2892

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9425–10.0425/bu+0.03−25–−15¢/BuNovember (X)12.0133
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4525–10.6525/bu+0.12+4–+24¢/BuJuly (N)12.5175
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8125–9.8325/bu+0.03−38–−36¢/BuNovember (X)11.8800
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4025–10.4725/bu+0.12−1–+6¢/BuJuly (N)12.4300
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9425–10.0525/bu+0.03−25–−14¢/BuNovember (X)12.0475
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4825–10.5125/bu+0.05+7–+10¢/BuJuly (N)12.4475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8925/bu+0.03−30¢/BuNovember (X)12.0300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4125/bu+0.040¢/BuJuly (N)12.3150
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2425/bu+0.03−95¢/BuNovember (X)11.4300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7125/bu+0.04−70¢/BuJuly (N)11.8150
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6925/bu+0.03−50¢/BuNovember (X)11.7800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2125/bu+0.02−20¢/BuJuly (N)12.0650
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9325/bu+0.04−48¢/BuJuly (N)11.3400
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9325/bu+0.04−48¢/BuJuly (N)11.7025
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5925–9.9725/bu+0.03−60–−22¢/BuNovember (X)11.7550
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9625–10.4925/bu+0.04−45–+8¢/BuJuly (N)11.8400

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.3100/bu+0.05−5¢/BuJuly (N)6.3775
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.2100/bu+0.05−15¢/BuJuly (N)6.3275
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6100–5.3600/bu+0.05−75–0¢/BuJuly (N)6.0275
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3600–4.8100/bu+0.05−100–−55¢/BuJuly (N)5.8275
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2300–5.3000/bu+0.05−13–−6¢/BuJuly (N)6.2225
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0600/bu+0.05−30¢/BuJuly (N)6.1575
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1300/bu+0.05−23¢/BuJuly (N)—
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1100–5.3600/bu+0.05−25–0¢/BuJuly (N)6.2875
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5600/bu+0.05−80¢/BuJuly (N)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1100/bu+0.05−25¢/BuJuly (N)6.1775
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7100/bu+0.05−65¢/BuJuly (N)5.7775
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4600/bu+0.05−90¢/BuJuly (N)5.5775
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6900–5.2600/bu+0.05−67–−10¢/BuJuly (N)5.8775

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7125/bu+0.02+30¢/BuDecember (Z)5.2850
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1125–4.2325/bu+0.07−30–−18¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6650–4.7550/bu+0.01+11–+20¢/BuJuly (N)4.6650
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8625/bu+0.02+45¢/BuDecember (Z)5.2850
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.3550/bu+0.09+80¢/BuJuly (N)5.4875
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1525–4.1625/bu+0.03−15–−25¢/BuSeptember (U)4.5575
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6650–4.7150/bu+0.01+11–+16¢/BuJuly (N)4.6392
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1625/bu+0.02−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5150
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7050/bu+0.01+15¢/BuJuly (N)4.5200
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8125/bu+0.02+40¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8050–5.5050/bu+0.01+25–+95¢/BuJuly (N)4.8700
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1125–4.3125/bu+0.02−30–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5850
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3550–4.7450/bu+0.01−20–+19¢/BuJuly (N)4.4700
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0725–4.1225/bu+0.01−34–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4850
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6650/bu+0.02+11¢/BuJuly (N)4.6000
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0125/bu+0.02−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2350
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5950/bu+0.02+12¢/BuMay (K)4.4400
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1625/bu+0.02−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6850
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5750/bu+0.01+10¢/BuMay (K)4.6700
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6050/bu+0.01+5¢/BuJuly (N)4.4700
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6050–4.7150/bu+0.01+5–+16¢/BuJuly (N)4.5450

Sorghum

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2125/bu+0.02−20¢/BuDecember (Z)4.8850
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.