Cash grain bids / Kentucky / Kentucky Daily Grain Bids / 2026-04-15

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

The Feeder BoardNational weight ladder, every weight classfreeState & Region LaddersEvery state, every weightfreeFind Your BarnEvery USDA-reported market, every salefreeSale ReportsClean report pages replacing USDA PDFsfreeState Auction SummariesUSDA's statewide view, 30 statesfreeWhat Are My Calves Worth?Weight + sex + state → today's moneyfreeThe Forward CurveFall prices trading today, by regionproVideo & Internet SalesSuperior, Western Video and morefreeBoard SalesForward feeder trade, by delivery monthfree

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Fed Cash Today5-Area live & dressed, regional splitfreePacker MarginThe daily per-head numberfreeCarcass Weight WatchWeekly weights vs 5-year bandfreeCattle on FeedMonthly placements & marketings, revisions trackedfreeNegotiated Share TrackerCash vs formula, tracked over yearsfreeWhat Quality PaysWhat packers add and subtract on a carcass gridfree

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Boxed Beef DailyChoice, Select, the spreadfreePrimal ValuesRib to flank, what's pulling the cutoutfreeWhat the Label Is WorthGrass-fed and organic vs conventional, by cutfreeThe 84-Cut LadderEvery cut USDA tracks, dailyproWho Gets WhatEvery segment’s share of the beef dollarfreeImported Lean MarketThe 90s trade that moves cull cowsSoon

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cash Grain Bids30 states of elevator bids, dailyfreeHay Prices19 states + 18 auctions, by qualityfreeBasis MapWhat local corn is worth against the boardfreeFeedstuffs DeskDDGS, soybean meal, mill feedsfree

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

Cull Cow & Bull PricesDaily national, by class and regionfreeCow CutoutWhat the grinding beef is worth, dailyfreeBred Cows & PairsBy stage, age, and statefree

More

Latest ReportsEvery USDA release as it publishesfreeReport ArchiveWhat USDA published on any datefreeThe Morning WireDaily brief from every fresh reportfreeRecords BookAll-time highs, and where today sitsfreeCattle on FeedMonthly, with revisions trackedfreeThe BordersMexico & Canada flows and pricesproDrought & Forced SellingHow much of the herd is dry, and what it costsfreeAlertsYour barn, your class, your thresholdSoon

Kentucky Daily Grain Bids

Kentucky · Frankfort · Wed, Apr 15
● Bids as filed51 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2892

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2750–11.6950/bu+0.11−27–+15¢/BuNovember (X)10.0565
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7800–12.0400/bu+0.09+11–+37¢/BuMay (K)10.5925
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1850–11.1950/bu+0.11−36–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.9475
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6800–11.7500/bu+0.04+1–+8¢/BuMay (K)10.4925
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2450–11.3750/bu+0.01−30–−17¢/BuNovember (X)10.0425
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7800–11.9200/bu+0.09+11–+25¢/BuMay (K)10.5475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3950/bu+0.11−15¢/BuNovember (X)10.0425
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6700/bu+0.090¢/BuMay (K)10.4375
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.7950/bu+0.11−75¢/BuNovember (X)9.3925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2700/bu+0.09−40¢/BuMay (K)9.6875
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1450/bu+0.11−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.8425
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4700/bu+0.09−20¢/BuMay (K)10.2375
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8900/bu+0.09−78¢/BuMay (K)9.9375
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8900/bu+0.09−78¢/BuMay (K)9.9375
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9450–11.4150/bu+0.11−60–−13¢/BuNovember (X)9.7475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2700–11.8800/bu+0.09−40–+21¢/BuMay (K)10.0761

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.9675/bu+0.01−5¢/BuJuly (N)5.5600
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered5.8875/bu+0.02−5¢/BuMay (K)5.4275
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.4175–5.9275/bu+0.01−60–−9¢/BuJuly (N)5.0371
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.5375–5.6375/bu+0.02−40–−30¢/BuMay (K)4.7108
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.8575–5.9375/bu+0.01−16–−8¢/BuJuly (N)5.4720
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.7375/bu+0.01−28¢/BuJuly (N)5.3100
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.8675–6.0175/bu+0.01−15–0¢/BuJuly (N)5.4625
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.8675–5.8875/bu+0.01−15–−5¢/BuJuly (N)5.0375
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.9175/bu+0.01−10¢/BuJuly (N)5.3600
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.4675/bu+0.01−55¢/BuJuly (N)4.9600
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2675/bu+0.01−75¢/BuJuly (N)4.7100
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2275–5.8775/bu+0.01−79–−14¢/BuJuly (N)5.1350
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.7775/bu+0.19−16¢/BuMay (K)5.2775

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.3800/bu+0.08+60¢/BuDecember (Z)5.0175
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered6.1125/bu+0.08+160¢/BuMay (K)5.7425
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5100–4.6500/bu+0.08−27–−13¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4180
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6925–4.8125/bu+0.08+18–+30¢/BuMay (K)5.0025
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2800/bu+0.08+50¢/BuDecember (Z)5.1675
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.9625/bu+0.08+145¢/BuMay (K)5.6925
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5125–4.5800/bu+0.08−12–−20¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4288
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6925–4.8625/bu+0.08+18–+35¢/BuMay (K)5.0125
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4325/bu+0.08−20¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4175
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6425/bu+0.08+13¢/BuMay (K)5.0425
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.3600/bu+0.08+58¢/BuDecember (Z)5.0675
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.2625–6.1625/bu+0.08+75–+165¢/BuMay (K)5.4425
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4800–4.7200/bu+0.08−30–−6¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4325
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3625–4.8025/bu+0.08−15–+29¢/BuMay (K)4.7742
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4800/bu+0.10−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3325
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6425–4.6725/bu+0.08+13–+16¢/BuMay (K)4.9625
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5300/bu+0.08−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2675
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6125/bu+0.08+10¢/BuMay (K)4.9725
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6800/bu+0.08−10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4175
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.8625/bu+0.08+35¢/BuMay (K)4.9425
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3425/bu+0.08−17¢/BuMay (K)4.8725
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3425/bu+0.08−17¢/BuMay (K)4.9075
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.