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Kentucky Daily Grain Bids

Kentucky · Frankfort · Thu, Oct 16
● Bids as filed44 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2892

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1075–10.2875/bu+0.040–+18¢/BuNovember (X)10.1108
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0575–10.2575/bu+0.02−5–+15¢/BuNovember (X)10.0325
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0075–10.0875/bu+0.04−10–−2¢/BuNovember (X)9.7625
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0075–10.0575/bu+0.04−10–−5¢/BuNovember (X)9.7625
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0575–10.2075/bu+0.04−5–+10¢/BuNovember (X)9.9108
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0575–10.1875/bu+0.02−5–+8¢/BuNovember (X)9.8875
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1075/bu+0.040¢/BuNovember (X)9.8875
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1075/bu+0.040¢/BuNovember (X)9.8375
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4075/bu+0.04−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.0875
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.4075/bu+0.04−70¢/BuNovember (X)9.0875
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9575/bu+0.04−15¢/BuNovember (X)9.7375
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9575/bu+0.04−15¢/BuNovember (X)9.6875
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2075/bu+0.04−90¢/BuNovember (X)8.7775
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.2075/bu+0.04−90¢/BuNovember (X)8.7775
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7075–10.1275/bu+0.04−40–+2¢/BuNovember (X)9.6161
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.7075–10.1275/bu+0.04−40–+2¢/BuNovember (X)9.5861

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.5050/bu+0.02+10¢/BuJuly (N)6.2050
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered4.6750/bu+0.04−35¢/BuDecember (Z)5.7950
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8050–4.8550/bu+0.02−60–−55¢/BuJuly (N)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5250/bu+0.04−50¢/BuDecember (Z)5.2450
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1650–5.3050/bu+0.02−24–−10¢/BuJuly (N)6.0110
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0250/bu+0.02−38¢/BuJuly (N)5.8550
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6550/bu+0.02−75¢/BuJuly (N)5.3550

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.4675/bu+0.15+125¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5675
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3575–4.4175/bu+0.05+14–+20¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2575–4.3375/bu+0.06+4–+12¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0075
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.4175/bu+0.07+120¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2675/bu+0.05+105¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5975
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3175–4.4675/bu+0.05+10–+25¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2575–4.3975/bu+0.06+4–+18¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0142
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3175/bu+0.05+10¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3175/bu+0.05+10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0175
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1675/bu+0.05+95¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7175–5.4175/bu+0.05+50–+120¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4525
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9175–4.4075/bu+0.05−30–+19¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.9175–4.3275/bu+0.05−30–+11¢/BuDecember (Z)3.8125
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2675–4.3175/bu+0.05+5–+10¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1775–4.2175/bu+0.05−4–0¢/BuDecember (Z)3.7775
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1175/bu+0.05−10¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8675/bu+0.05−35¢/BuDecember (Z)3.6675
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4175/bu+0.05+20¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3675/bu+0.05+15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0675
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0675/bu+0.05−15¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0675/bu+0.05−15¢/BuDecember (Z)3.5975
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.