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Kentucky Daily Grain Bids

Kentucky · Frankfort · Tue, Jan 27
● Bids as filed49 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2892

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0775/bu+0.04−75¢/BuNovember (X)9.5250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2725/bu+0.06−40¢/BuMarch (H)9.6000
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4275/bu+0.04−40¢/BuNovember (X)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5225/bu+0.06−15¢/BuMarch (H)10.2000
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5275–10.7275/bu+0.04−30–−10¢/BuNovember (X)10.1750
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8925–11.0725/bu+0.08+22–+40¢/BuMarch (H)10.5050
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5275–10.5475/bu+0.04−30–−28¢/BuNovember (X)9.9600
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7925–10.8225/bu+0.04+12–+15¢/BuMarch (H)10.3850
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.5775–10.6275/bu+0.09−25–−20¢/BuNovember (X)10.1250
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8925–10.9325/bu+0.08+22–+26¢/BuMarch (H)10.5475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8225/bu+0.06+15¢/BuMarch (H)10.4500
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0825/bu+0.06−59¢/BuMarch (H)10.0600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.0825/bu+0.06−59¢/BuMarch (H)10.0600
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.2275–10.6875/bu+0.04−60–−14¢/BuNovember (X)9.8333
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4225–11.0325/bu+0.06−25–+36¢/BuMarch (H)10.2086

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.5400/bu+0.01+10¢/BuJuly (N)5.6525
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.4325/bu+0.01+20¢/BuMarch (H)5.4525
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8900–5.3200/bu+0.01−55–−12¢/BuJuly (N)5.0975
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5825–4.8325/bu+0.01−65–−40¢/BuMarch (H)4.8025
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2400–5.3900/bu+0.01−20–−5¢/BuJuly (N)5.5125
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1900/bu+0.01−25¢/BuJuly (N)5.4025
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2400–5.3400/bu+0.05−20–−10¢/BuJuly (N)5.4775
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0125–5.3200/bu+0.01−22–−12¢/BuMarch (H)5.3358
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2900/bu+0.01−15¢/BuJuly (N)—
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6900/bu+0.01−75¢/BuJuly (N)4.8025
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6500–5.1000/bu+0.01−79–−34¢/BuJuly (N)4.9025
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9025/bu+0.01−33¢/BuMarch (H)—

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0425/bu+0.01+50¢/BuDecember (Z)5.0300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered6.0150/bu+0.03+175¢/BuMarch (H)5.8025
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1925–4.3425/bu+0.01−35–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2875
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4150–4.5650/bu+0.01+15–+30¢/BuMarch (H)4.9675
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1925/bu+0.01+65¢/BuDecember (Z)5.1100
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.9150/bu+0.07+165¢/BuMarch (H)5.5775
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1925–4.2525/bu+0.05−35–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2492
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3850–4.5250/bu+0.02+12–+26¢/BuMarch (H)5.0150
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3025/bu+0.01−10¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4650/bu+0.02+20¢/BuMarch (H)4.9525
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0425/bu+0.01+50¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7650–6.1150/bu+0.02+50–+185¢/BuMarch (H)5.4525
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2425–4.3925/bu+0.01−30–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3560
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1150–4.4850/bu+0.02−15–+22¢/BuMarch (H)4.8025
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2225–4.2425/bu+0.01−32–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1800
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2850–4.3550/bu+0.05+2–+9¢/BuMarch (H)4.9025
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.0925/bu+0.01−45¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2100
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1650/bu+0.02−10¢/BuMarch (H)4.8525
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4425/bu+0.01−10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3600
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4650/bu+0.02+20¢/BuMarch (H)4.9525
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1850/bu+0.02−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.7925
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1850/bu+0.02−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.8625
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.