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Kentucky Daily Grain Bids

Kentucky · Frankfort · Tue, May 13
● Bids as filed51 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2892

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3650–10.4750/bu+0.04−23–−12¢/BuNovember (X)11.7700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7750–10.9150/bu+0.01+5–+19¢/BuJuly (N)12.1625
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2150–10.2650/bu+0.02−38–−33¢/BuNovember (X)11.6300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7350/bu+0.01+1¢/BuJuly (N)12.0500
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3450–10.4750/bu+0.02−25–−12¢/BuNovember (X)11.8125
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7750–10.8150/bu+0.01+5–+9¢/BuJuly (N)12.0950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2950/bu+0.02−30¢/BuNovember (X)11.8000
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7250/bu+0.010¢/BuJuly (N)11.9450
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6450/bu+0.02−95¢/BuNovember (X)11.2000
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0250/bu+0.01−70¢/BuJuly (N)11.4950
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0950/bu+0.02−50¢/BuNovember (X)11.5500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4750/bu+0.04−25¢/BuJuly (N)11.8450
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2450/bu+0.01−48¢/BuJuly (N)11.1100
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2450/bu+0.01−48¢/BuJuly (N)11.3700
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9950–10.3750/bu+0.02−60–−22¢/BuNovember (X)11.5250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2750–10.8050/bu+0.01−45–+8¢/BuJuly (N)11.5200

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.1225/bu+0.02−5¢/BuJuly (N)6.6750
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.0225/bu+0.02−15¢/BuJuly (N)6.6250
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4225–5.1725/bu+0.02−75–0¢/BuJuly (N)6.2750
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1725–4.6225/bu+0.02−100–−55¢/BuJuly (N)6.1250
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0425–5.1325/bu+0.02−13–−4¢/BuJuly (N)6.4700
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8725/bu+0.02−30¢/BuJuly (N)6.4150
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9425/bu+0.02−23¢/BuJuly (N)—
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0625–5.1725/bu+0.02−11–0¢/BuJuly (N)6.5175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3625/bu+0.02−81¢/BuJuly (N)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0725/bu+0.02−10¢/BuJuly (N)6.4750
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5225/bu+0.02−65¢/BuJuly (N)6.0750
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2725/bu+0.02−90¢/BuJuly (N)5.8750
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5025–5.0725/bu+0.02−67–−10¢/BuJuly (N)6.1400

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6600/bu+0.05+25¢/BuDecember (Z)5.2600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1100–4.2300/bu+0.05−30–−18¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6100
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5250–4.5750/bu+0.06+10–+15¢/BuJuly (N)4.6500
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8600/bu+0.05+45¢/BuDecember (Z)5.3100
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.3250/bu+0.06+90¢/BuJuly (N)5.4875
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1275–4.1600/bu+0.03−15–−25¢/BuSeptember (U)4.5700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5250–4.5750/bu+0.06+10–+15¢/BuJuly (N)4.6000
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1600/bu+0.05−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5300
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5750/bu+0.06+15¢/BuJuly (N)4.5250
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8100/bu+0.05+40¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6750–5.3750/bu+0.06+25–+95¢/BuJuly (N)4.8750
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1100–4.3100/bu+0.05−30–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6100
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2250–4.5650/bu+0.06−20–+14¢/BuJuly (N)4.4750
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0900–4.1200/bu+0.06−32–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5100
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4850–4.5350/bu+0.05+6–+11¢/BuJuly (N)4.5700
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0100/bu+0.05−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2600
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4800/bu+0.04+12¢/BuMay (K)4.4450
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1600/bu+0.05−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.7100
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4600/bu+0.04+10¢/BuMay (K)4.6750
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4750/bu+0.06+5¢/BuJuly (N)4.4950
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4750–4.5150/bu+0.06+5–+9¢/BuJuly (N)4.5200

Sorghum

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1100/bu+0.05−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6600
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.