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Kentucky Daily Grain Bids

Kentucky · Frankfort · Thu, Nov 20
● Bids as filed49 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2892

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3050–11.5250/bu+0.20+8–+30¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1850–11.4250/bu+0.20−4–+20¢/BuJanuary (F)10.0458
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2550–11.3350/bu+0.18+3–+11¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1250–11.1750/bu+0.17−10–−5¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9375
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3650–11.4450/bu+0.15+14–+22¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1850–11.2450/bu+0.16−4–+2¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3250/bu+0.09+10¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1750/bu+0.01−5¢/BuJanuary (F)9.9275
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9200/bu+0.13−40¢/BuMarch (H)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6250/bu+0.14−60¢/BuJanuary (F)8.9775
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9750/bu+0.14−25¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0250/bu+0.14−20¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6275
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5550/bu+0.14−67¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5550/bu+0.14−67¢/BuJanuary (F)9.4075
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9750–11.4250/bu+0.14−25–+20¢/BuJanuary (F)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8750–11.2650/bu+0.14−35–+4¢/BuJanuary (F)9.6546

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.6850/bu+0.09+10¢/BuJuly (N)5.8225
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.1200/bu+0.10−15¢/BuDecember (Z)5.4375
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0350–5.4050/bu+0.09−55–−18¢/BuJuly (N)5.1475
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.4450–5.5350/bu+0.09−14–−5¢/BuJuly (N)5.6265
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.5700/bu+0.10+30¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2350/bu+0.09−35¢/BuJuly (N)5.4725
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.4850/bu+0.09−10¢/BuJuly (N)5.6392
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8350/bu+0.09−75¢/BuJuly (N)4.9725
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0450/bu+0.09−54¢/BuJuly (N)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2800/bu+0.10+1¢/BuDecember (Z)4.9975

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.8650/bu+0.06+160¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4250–4.4850/bu+0.05+16–+22¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3450–4.4250/bu+0.03+8–+16¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4325
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.9150/bu+0.03+165¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.9150/bu+0.03+165¢/BuDecember (Z)5.1975
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4350–4.4850/bu+0.03+17–+22¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3650–4.4250/bu+0.03+10–+16¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4125
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3650/bu+0.03+10¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3650/bu+0.07+10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4175
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7650–5.7650/bu+0.03+50–+150¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7650–5.7650/bu+0.03+50–+150¢/BuDecember (Z)4.8675
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1775–4.4550/bu+0.04−20–+19¢/BuMarch (H)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1650–4.3650/bu+0.03−10–+10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2008
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3350–4.3650/bu+0.03+7–+10¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2550–4.2750/bu+0.03−1–+1¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3525
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2650/bu+0.030¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0150/bu+0.03−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.0175
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5150/bu+0.03+25¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4650/bu+0.03+20¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4175
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1650/bu+0.03−10¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1150/bu+0.03−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2825

Sorghum

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7650/bu+0.03−50¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7650/bu+0.03−50¢/BuDecember (Z)3.9675
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.