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Kentucky Daily Grain Bids

Kentucky · Frankfort · Tue, Nov 18
● Bids as filed49 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2892

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6850–11.8350/bu+0.01+15–+30¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5350–11.6750/bu+0.090–+14¢/BuJanuary (F)10.2283
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6150–11.6550/bu+0.02+8–+12¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4650/bu+0.06−7¢/BuJanuary (F)10.0950
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6850–11.7450/bu+0.01+15–+21¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4850–11.5350/bu+0.04−5–0¢/BuJanuary (F)10.1800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5850/bu+0.04+5¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3350/bu+0.04−20¢/BuJanuary (F)10.0850
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2025/bu+0.03−40¢/BuMarch (H)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9350/bu+0.04−60¢/BuJanuary (F)9.1850
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2850/bu+0.04−25¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3350/bu+0.04−20¢/BuJanuary (F)9.8350
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8650/bu+0.04−67¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8650/bu+0.04−67¢/BuJanuary (F)9.3550
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2850–11.7550/bu+0.01−25–+22¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1850–11.4450/bu+0.01−35–−9¢/BuJanuary (F)9.7836

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.8750/bu+0.00+10¢/BuJuly (N)5.7925
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.3150/bu+0.02−15¢/BuDecember (Z)5.4475
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2250–5.5950/bu+0.00−55–−18¢/BuJuly (N)5.1175
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.6350–5.7250/bu+0.00−14–−5¢/BuJuly (N)5.5945
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.7650/bu+0.02+30¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.4250/bu+0.00−35¢/BuJuly (N)5.4425
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.6750/bu+0.00−10¢/BuJuly (N)5.6092
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0250/bu+0.00−75¢/BuJuly (N)4.9425
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2350/bu+0.00−54¢/BuJuly (N)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.4750/bu+0.02+1¢/BuDecember (Z)4.9575

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.9175/bu+0.02+155¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5375–4.5875/bu+0.04+17–+22¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4475–4.5275/bu+0.06+8–+16¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4192
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered6.0175/bu+0.02+165¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered6.0175/bu+0.07+165¢/BuDecember (Z)5.1725
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5375–4.5875/bu+0.04+17–+22¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4675–4.5275/bu+0.08+10–+16¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3975
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4675/bu+0.02+10¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3675/bu+0.020¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3925
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8675–5.8675/bu+0.02+50–+150¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8675–5.8675/bu+0.02+50–+150¢/BuDecember (Z)4.8525
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2950–4.5575/bu+0.02−20–+19¢/BuMarch (H)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2675–4.4975/bu+0.02−10–+13¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1742
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4575–4.4675/bu+0.01+9–+10¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3575–4.3775/bu+0.01−1–+1¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3275
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3675/bu+0.020¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1175/bu+0.02−25¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9025
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6175/bu+0.02+25¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5675/bu+0.02+20¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4225
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2675/bu+0.02−10¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2175/bu+0.02−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1575

Sorghum

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8675/bu+0.02−50¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.8675/bu+0.02−50¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9725
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.