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Kentucky Daily Grain Bids

Kentucky · Frankfort · Fri, May 30
● Bids as filed51 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2892

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9675–10.1475/bu+0.11−30–−12¢/BuNovember (X)11.6117
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4875–10.6375/bu+0.11+7–+22¢/BuJuly (N)12.1800
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9275–9.9475/bu+0.12−34–−32¢/BuNovember (X)11.5150
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4475–10.4875/bu+0.10+3–+7¢/BuJuly (N)12.0800
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9675–10.1175/bu+0.11−30–−15¢/BuNovember (X)11.6017
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4175–10.4975/bu+0.100–+8¢/BuJuly (N)12.0700
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9675/bu+0.11−30¢/BuNovember (X)11.6450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4175/bu+0.100¢/BuJuly (N)11.9000
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3175/bu+0.11−95¢/BuNovember (X)10.9950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7175/bu+0.10−70¢/BuJuly (N)11.4000
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7675/bu+0.11−50¢/BuNovember (X)11.3450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1675/bu+0.10−25¢/BuJuly (N)11.8000
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9375/bu+0.10−48¢/BuJuly (N)10.9050
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9375/bu+0.10−48¢/BuJuly (N)11.4700
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6675–9.9975/bu+0.11−60–−27¢/BuNovember (X)11.2950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9675–10.5375/bu+0.10−45–+12¢/BuJuly (N)11.4250

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.2900/bu—−5¢/BuJuly (N)6.7350
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.3400/bu+0.150¢/BuJuly (N)6.7350
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7400–5.3400/bu—−60–0¢/BuJuly (N)6.3350
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3400–4.7900/bu—−100–−55¢/BuJuly (N)6.1850
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2400–5.3400/bu+0.02−10–0¢/BuJuly (N)6.5850
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2400/bu—−10¢/BuJuly (N)6.5400
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1100/bu—−23¢/BuJuly (N)—
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2700–5.3700/bu—−7–+3¢/BuJuly (N)6.6000
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5400–5.3000/bu—−80–−4¢/BuJuly (N)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2400/bu—−10¢/BuJuly (N)6.4850
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8900/bu—−45¢/BuJuly (N)6.1350
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4400/bu—−90¢/BuJuly (N)5.9350
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6700–5.2400/bu—−67–−10¢/BuJuly (N)6.2100

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6850/bu+0.03+30¢/BuDecember (Z)5.1700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0850–4.2250/bu+0.03−30–−16¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5800–4.6600/bu+0.03+14–+22¢/BuJuly (N)4.5200
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8350/bu+0.03+45¢/BuDecember (Z)5.0700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4400/bu+0.030¢/BuJuly (N)5.8625
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0625–4.1350/bu+0.04−17–−25¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5800–4.5900/bu+0.03+14–+15¢/BuJuly (N)4.4375
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1350/bu+0.03−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2900
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5900/bu+0.03+15¢/BuJuly (N)4.3125
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7850/bu+0.03+40¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6900–5.5900/bu+0.03+25–+115¢/BuJuly (N)4.6625
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0850–4.2850/bu+0.03−30–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3700
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2400–4.6100/bu+0.03−20–+17¢/BuJuly (N)4.2375
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0950–4.1150/bu+0.03−29–−27¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5400–4.5500/bu+0.03+10–+11¢/BuJuly (N)4.4675
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9850/bu+0.03−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1200
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5600/bu+0.03+12¢/BuJuly (N)4.2825
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1850/bu+0.03−20¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4700
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5900/bu+0.03+15¢/BuJuly (N)4.4625
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4900/bu+0.03+5¢/BuJuly (N)4.3550
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4900/bu+0.03+5¢/BuJuly (N)4.3675

Sorghum

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9850/bu+0.03−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1700
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.