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Kentucky Daily Grain Bids

Kentucky · Frankfort · Tue, Feb 24
● Bids as filed50 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2892

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0625–11.3625/bu+0.05−15–+15¢/BuNovember (X)10.2660
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4050–11.6450/bu+0.05+1–+25¢/BuMarch (H)10.4425
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9325–10.9625/bu+0.04−28–−25¢/BuNovember (X)10.0450
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3950–11.4150/bu+0.100–+2¢/BuMarch (H)10.3025
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1525–11.1625/bu+0.04−6–−5¢/BuNovember (X)10.2267
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4050–11.6750/bu+0.05+1–+28¢/BuMarch (H)10.4175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1125/bu+0.04−10¢/BuNovember (X)—
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.5450/bu+0.05+15¢/BuMarch (H)10.6850
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.4625/bu+0.04−75¢/BuNovember (X)9.5600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0750/bu+0.05−32¢/BuMarch (H)9.4625
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8125/bu+0.04−40¢/BuNovember (X)10.0100
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2450/bu+0.05−15¢/BuMarch (H)10.0625
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8050/bu+0.05−59¢/BuMarch (H)9.6625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8050/bu+0.05−59¢/BuMarch (H)9.6625
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.6125–11.0525/bu+0.04−60–−16¢/BuNovember (X)9.9633
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.0450–11.5950/bu+0.05−35–+20¢/BuMarch (H)9.9982

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.9225/bu—+10¢/BuJuly (N)5.9725
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.9250/bu+0.02+25¢/BuMarch (H)5.7775
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2225–5.7225/bu—−60–−10¢/BuJuly (N)5.4175
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1250–5.2750/bu+0.02−55–−40¢/BuMarch (H)5.0358
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.6825–5.7725/bu—−14–−5¢/BuJuly (N)5.8745
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.5725/bu—−25¢/BuJuly (N)5.7225
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.6225–5.7725/bu—−20–−5¢/BuJuly (N)5.8800
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.3750–5.7725/bu+0.02−30–−5¢/BuMarch (H)5.3775
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.6725/bu—−15¢/BuJuly (N)—
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0725/bu—−75¢/BuJuly (N)5.1225
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0325–5.4825/bu—−79–−34¢/BuJuly (N)5.3125
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.3550/bu+0.02−32¢/BuMarch (H)—

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1875/bu+0.01+55¢/BuDecember (Z)5.2000
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.9975/bu+0.02+172¢/BuMarch (H)5.7975
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3375–4.5375/bu+0.01−30–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4100
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3475–4.4975/bu+0.02+7–+22¢/BuMarch (H)4.9258
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2375/bu+0.01+60¢/BuDecember (Z)5.2000
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.7275/bu+0.00+145¢/BuMarch (H)5.5175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3400–4.4275/bu+0.01−15–−21¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4767
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3475–4.5775/bu+0.02+7–+30¢/BuMarch (H)4.9625
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3900/bu+0.01−10¢/BuSeptember (U)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5275/bu+0.00+25¢/BuMarch (H)4.8975
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.1375/bu+0.01+50¢/BuDecember (Z)—
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.0275–6.0275/bu+0.00+75–+175¢/BuMarch (H)5.4175
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3375–4.4975/bu+0.01−30–−14¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4460
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1775–4.4875/bu+0.00−10–+21¢/BuMarch (H)4.7892
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3375–4.4375/bu+0.01−30–−20¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2850
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3175–4.3275/bu+0.04+4–+5¢/BuMarch (H)4.8275
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1875/bu+0.01−45¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3000
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.2975/bu+0.00+2¢/BuMarch (H)4.7975
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5375/bu+0.01−10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4500
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5275/bu+0.00+25¢/BuMarch (H)4.8975
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1975/bu+0.00−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.7375
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.1975/bu+0.00−8¢/BuMarch (H)4.7675
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.