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Kentucky Daily Grain Bids

Kentucky · Frankfort · Wed, Aug 20
● Bids as filed45 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2892

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8100–10.2900/bu+0.06−55–−7¢/BuNovember (X)9.5575
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9100–10.2100/bu+0.02−45–−15¢/BuNovember (X)9.5450
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6700–9.6800/bu+0.07−69–−68¢/BuNovember (X)9.3550
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9400/bu+0.05−42¢/BuNovember (X)9.5400
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8100–9.8600/bu+0.02−55–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.3483
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9600/bu+0.11−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.3983
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0600/bu+0.02−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.6975
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9600/bu+0.02−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.3150
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.3600/bu+0.02−100¢/BuNovember (X)8.7650
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6500/bu+0.02−50¢/BuSeptember (U)8.7650
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8600/bu+0.02−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.1150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.8600/bu+0.02−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.2150
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.1300/bu+0.02−123¢/BuNovember (X)8.7450
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.5100–9.8600/bu+0.02−85–−50¢/BuNovember (X)9.1150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.6600–10.0600/bu+0.02−70–−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.3900

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.7675/bu+0.05+10¢/BuJuly (N)5.7775
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered4.8050/bu+0.07−25¢/BuSeptember (U)4.9975
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0675–5.1175/bu+0.05−60–−55¢/BuJuly (N)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2550–4.7550/bu+0.07−80–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4725
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.3175–5.5175/bu+0.05−35–−15¢/BuJuly (N)5.4742
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7825/bu+0.03−50¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8550/bu+0.07−20¢/BuSeptember (U)4.8325
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6550/bu+0.13−40¢/BuSeptember (U)4.8175
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9175/bu+0.05−75¢/BuJuly (N)—
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0250–4.6550/bu+0.07−103–−40¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3775

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0400/bu+0.01+100¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5825
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7400–3.9200/bu+0.01−30–−12¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6000
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8000–3.9200/bu+0.030–+12¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5800
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0400/bu+0.01+100¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4825
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8000/bu+0.01+100¢/BuSeptember (U)4.2550
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8600–3.8900/bu+0.01−18–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4538
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8500–3.8800/bu+0.08+5–+8¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4583
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8400/bu+0.01−20¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6325
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8000/bu+0.010¢/BuSeptember (U)3.3550
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9400/bu+0.01+90¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1825
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4900–3.8900/bu+0.01−55–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5825
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7900–3.9400/bu+0.01−25–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4825
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7200/bu+0.01−32¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5325
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7300–3.7900/bu+0.01−7–−1¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5250
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6400/bu+0.01−40¢/BuDecember (Z)3.4825
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8000/bu+0.010¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4050
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9400/bu+0.01−10¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7825
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0500/bu+0.01+25¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6050
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7100/bu+0.01−33¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5075
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7400–3.7600/bu+0.01−6–−4¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4825
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.