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Kentucky Daily Grain Bids

Kentucky · Frankfort · Fri, Jan 16
● Bids as filed48 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2892

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4400–10.5900/bu+0.05−25–−10¢/BuNovember (X)9.9875
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6875–10.8775/bu+0.05+11–+30¢/BuMarch (H)10.5167
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3900/bu+0.05−30¢/BuNovember (X)9.7625
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6475–10.6675/bu+0.07+7–+9¢/BuMarch (H)10.4250
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4400–10.4900/bu+0.05−25–−20¢/BuNovember (X)9.9275
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6875–10.8175/bu+0.05+11–+24¢/BuMarch (H)10.5325
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6275/bu+0.05+5¢/BuMarch (H)10.4400
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9400/bu+0.05−75¢/BuNovember (X)9.3275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.1775/bu+0.05−40¢/BuMarch (H)9.1900
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2900/bu+0.05−40¢/BuNovember (X)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3775/bu+0.05−20¢/BuMarch (H)10.1400
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9875/bu+0.05−59¢/BuMarch (H)9.9500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered9.9875/bu+0.05−59¢/BuMarch (H)9.9500
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0900–10.5400/bu+0.05−60–−15¢/BuNovember (X)9.6358
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.3275–10.8175/bu+0.05−25–+24¢/BuMarch (H)10.1843

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.5050/bu+0.07+10¢/BuJuly (N)5.5550
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.3800/bu+0.08+20¢/BuMarch (H)5.3875
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8550–5.3550/bu+0.07−55–−5¢/BuJuly (N)5.0000
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5300–4.7800/bu+0.08−65–−40¢/BuMarch (H)4.9042
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1950–5.3550/bu+0.07−21–−5¢/BuJuly (N)5.4110
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1550/bu+0.07−25¢/BuJuly (N)5.2050
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2350–5.3050/bu+0.07−17–−10¢/BuJuly (N)5.3800
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9900–5.2850/bu+0.08−19–−12¢/BuMarch (H)5.4142
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2550/bu+0.07−15¢/BuJuly (N)—
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6550/bu+0.07−75¢/BuJuly (N)4.7050
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6150–5.0650/bu+0.07−79–−34¢/BuJuly (N)4.8050
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8500/bu+0.08−33¢/BuMarch (H)—

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0475/bu+0.03+55¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered6.0475/bu+0.05+180¢/BuMarch (H)5.8025
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1475–4.2975/bu+0.03−35–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2375
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3675–4.4475/bu+0.07+12–+20¢/BuMarch (H)4.9558
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1475/bu+0.03+65¢/BuDecember (Z)5.0600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.9975/bu+0.05+175¢/BuMarch (H)5.6175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1475–4.2125/bu+0.03−35–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2025
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3775–4.5075/bu+0.05+13–+26¢/BuMarch (H)4.9875
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3975/bu+0.05+15¢/BuMarch (H)4.9425
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9975/bu+0.03+50¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7475–6.1475/bu+0.05+50–+190¢/BuMarch (H)5.4425
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1975–4.3475/bu+0.03−30–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3000
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0975–4.4375/bu+0.05−15–+19¢/BuMarch (H)4.7908
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1775–4.1975/bu+0.03−32–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2775–4.2975/bu+0.05+3–+5¢/BuMarch (H)4.8675
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0475/bu+0.03−45¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1600
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1475/bu+0.05−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.8425
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3975/bu+0.03−10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3100
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4475/bu+0.05+20¢/BuMarch (H)4.9425
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1675/bu+0.05−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.7825
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1675/bu+0.05−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.8525
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.