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Kentucky Daily Grain Bids

Kentucky · Frankfort · Thu, Apr 23
● Bids as filed51 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2892

Corn

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7650–4.9050/bu+0.01+21–+35¢/BuMay (K)4.9258
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4850/bu+0.02−20¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3150
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7550/bu+0.01+20¢/BuMay (K)4.9725
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.3350/bu+0.01+50¢/BuDecember (Z)5.0150
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered6.0550/bu+0.01+150¢/BuMay (K)5.6225
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5850–4.6350/bu+0.02−10–−20¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3125
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5850/bu+0.01−25¢/BuDecember (Z)4.1650
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.6550/bu+0.01+10¢/BuMay (K)4.9025
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7350/bu+0.01−10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3150
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.9050/bu+0.01+35¢/BuMay (K)4.8725
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3850/bu+0.01−17¢/BuMay (K)4.8025
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.3850/bu+0.01−17¢/BuMay (K)4.8375
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5350–4.7350/bu+0.01−30–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3333
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.4550–4.8750/bu+0.01−10–+32¢/BuMay (K)4.7058
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.4150/bu+0.01+58¢/BuDecember (Z)4.9650
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.3050–6.1050/bu+0.01+75–+155¢/BuMay (K)5.3725
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.4350/bu+0.01+60¢/BuDecember (Z)4.8650
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered6.1550/bu+0.01+160¢/BuMay (K)5.7725
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5650–4.7050/bu+0.01−27–−13¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3150
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7850–4.9150/bu+0.02+23–+36¢/BuMay (K)4.9392
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.5350/bu+0.01−30¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2300
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered4.7750–4.7850/bu+0.03+22–+23¢/BuMay (K)4.8775

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered6.0625–6.1625/bu+0.14−14–−4¢/BuJuly (N)5.3170
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.9225/bu+0.13−28¢/BuJuly (N)5.1450
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered6.0525–6.2025/bu+0.13−15–0¢/BuJuly (N)5.2825
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #2Delivered6.0275–6.0525/bu+0.12−8–−15¢/BuMay (K)4.9758
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered6.1025/bu+0.13−10¢/BuJuly (N)5.1950
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered6.1525/bu+0.13−5¢/BuJuly (N)5.3950
Country ElevatorsUS #1 MillingDelivered6.0575/bu+0.12−5¢/BuMay (K)5.2425
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.6025–6.1625/bu+0.13−60–−4¢/BuJuly (N)4.8750
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.7075–5.8075/bu+0.12−40–−30¢/BuMay (K)4.5258
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.6525/bu+0.13−55¢/BuJuly (N)4.7950
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.4525/bu+0.13−75¢/BuJuly (N)4.5450
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.4125–6.0625/bu+0.13−79–−14¢/BuJuly (N)4.9700
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered5.9475/bu+0.12−16¢/BuMay (K)5.0925

Soybeans

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Ohio River - Lower KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2800–11.7000/bu—−27–+15¢/BuNovember (X)10.1170
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7575–11.9975/bu+0.03+16–+40¢/BuMay (K)10.7567
Ohio River - Upper KY
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1900–11.2000/bu+0.01−36–−35¢/BuNovember (X)9.9750
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.6075–11.7575/bu+0.18+1–+16¢/BuMay (K)10.6700
Purchase
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.2700–11.3800/bu+0.01−28–−17¢/BuNovember (X)10.1025
Barge Loading ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7475–11.8975/bu+0.04+15–+30¢/BuMay (K)10.6867
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.4000/bu+0.01−15¢/BuNovember (X)10.0550
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.7475/bu+0.05+15¢/BuMay (K)10.5800
Bluegrass
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8000/bu+0.01−75¢/BuNovember (X)9.4050
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1975/bu+0.05−40¢/BuMay (K)9.8300
Green River
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1500/bu+0.01−40¢/BuNovember (X)9.8550
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.3975/bu+0.05−20¢/BuMay (K)10.3800
Louisville
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8175/bu+0.05−78¢/BuMay (K)10.0800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.8175/bu+0.05−78¢/BuMay (K)10.0800
Pennyrile
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered10.9500–11.4400/bu+0.01−60–−11¢/BuNovember (X)9.7683
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered11.1975–11.9175/bu+0.05−40–+32¢/BuMay (K)10.2229
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.