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Kentucky Daily Grain Bids

Kentucky · Frankfort · Mon, Nov 17
● Bids as filed49 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2892

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6925–11.8725/bu+0.33+12–+30¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4425–11.7125/bu+0.33−13–+14¢/BuJanuary (F)10.3275
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6325–11.6525/bu+0.36+6–+8¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4025–11.5025/bu+0.36−17–−7¢/BuJanuary (F)10.1475
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6925–11.7825/bu+0.35+12–+21¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4425–11.4925/bu+0.33−13–−8¢/BuJanuary (F)10.2825
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6225/bu+0.33+5¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3725/bu+0.33−20¢/BuJanuary (F)10.1975
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2325/bu+0.27−40¢/BuMarch (H)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9725/bu+0.33−60¢/BuJanuary (F)9.2975
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3225/bu+0.33−25¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3725/bu+0.33−20¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9475
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9025/bu+0.33−67¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9025/bu+0.33−67¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4675
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2725–11.7225/bu+0.33−30–+15¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1725–11.5225/bu+0.33−40–−5¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8904

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.8775/bu+0.15+10¢/BuJuly (N)5.7650
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.2925/bu+0.17−15¢/BuDecember (Z)5.4225
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2275–5.5975/bu+0.15−55–−18¢/BuJuly (N)5.0900
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.6375–5.7275/bu+0.16−14–−5¢/BuJuly (N)5.5670
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.7425/bu+0.17+30¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.4275/bu+0.15−35¢/BuJuly (N)5.4150
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.6775/bu+0.15−10¢/BuJuly (N)5.5817
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0275/bu+0.15−75¢/BuJuly (N)4.9150
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2375/bu+0.15−54¢/BuJuly (N)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.4525/bu+0.17+1¢/BuDecember (Z)4.9325

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2475/bu+0.05−10¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1975/bu+0.05−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1775
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.8975/bu+0.10+155¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4975–4.5575/bu+0.04+15–+21¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3875–4.4975/bu+0.05+4–+15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4325
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.9975/bu+0.05+165¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.9475/bu+0.05+160¢/BuDecember (Z)5.2925
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4975–4.5475/bu+0.05+15–+20¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3875–4.4675/bu+0.01+4–+12¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4175
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4475/bu+0.05+10¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3475/bu+0.050¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4125
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8475–5.8475/bu+0.05+50–+150¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8475–5.8475/bu+0.05+50–+150¢/BuDecember (Z)4.8525
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2800–4.5275/bu+0.04−20–+18¢/BuMarch (H)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2475–4.4775/bu+0.05−10–+13¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1908
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4475/bu+0.07+10¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3475–4.3575/bu+0.050–+1¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3125
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3475/bu+0.050¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0975/bu+0.05−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9225
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5975/bu+0.05+25¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5475/bu+0.05+20¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4425

Sorghum

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8475/bu+0.05−50¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8475/bu+0.05−50¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9925
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.