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Kentucky Daily Grain Bids

Kentucky · Frankfort · Tue, Aug 19
● Bids as filed45 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2892

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7475–10.2675/bu+0.10−59–−7¢/BuNovember (X)9.4900
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8875–10.2075/bu+0.08−45–−13¢/BuNovember (X)9.5300
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5975–9.6375/bu+0.10−74–−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.2200
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8875/bu+0.04−45¢/BuNovember (X)9.6150
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7875–9.8375/bu+0.08−55–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.2600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8475/bu+0.08−49¢/BuNovember (X)9.3850
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0375/bu+0.08−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.6425
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9375/bu+0.08−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.3600
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3375/bu+0.08−100¢/BuNovember (X)8.7100
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6300/bu+0.08−50¢/BuSeptember (U)8.7100
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8375/bu+0.08−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.0600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8375/bu+0.08−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.1600
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1075/bu+0.08−123¢/BuNovember (X)8.6900
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4875–9.7975/bu+0.08−85–−54¢/BuNovember (X)9.0600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6375–10.0075/bu+0.08−70–−33¢/BuNovember (X)9.3350

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.7175/bu+0.06+10¢/BuJuly (N)5.8750
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered4.7350/bu+0.04−25¢/BuSeptember (U)5.1300
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0175–5.0675/bu+0.04−60–−55¢/BuJuly (N)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1850–4.6850/bu+0.04−80–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6050
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2675–5.4675/bu+0.04−35–−15¢/BuJuly (N)5.5383
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8125/bu+0.04−40¢/BuDecember (Z)4.7800
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7850/bu+0.04−20¢/BuSeptember (U)4.9650
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5250/bu+0.04−46¢/BuSeptember (U)4.9500
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8675/bu+0.04−75¢/BuJuly (N)—
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9550–4.5850/bu+0.04−103–−40¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6300

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0325/bu+0.03+100¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5800
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7325–3.9125/bu+0.03−30–−12¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7750–3.9150/bu+0.04−2–+12¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5925
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0325/bu+0.03+100¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7950/bu+0.04+100¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1500
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8525–3.8825/bu+0.03−18–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7750–3.8450/bu+0.04−2–+5¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4767
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8325/bu+0.03−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6800
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7950/bu+0.040¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4000
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9325/bu+0.03+90¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1800
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4825–3.9025/bu+0.03−55–−13¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5800
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7825–3.9325/bu+0.03−25–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4800
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7125/bu+0.03−32¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5700
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7250–3.7850/bu+0.06−7–−1¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4650
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6325/bu+0.03−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4800
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7950/bu+0.040¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4000
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9325/bu+0.03−10¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7800
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0450/bu+0.04+25¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6000
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7025/bu+0.03−33¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5200
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7350–3.7550/bu+0.04−6–−4¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4800
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.