Premier Grain

What Premier Grain does

Premier Grain, LLC is a privately held regional grain elevator and merchandising company headquartered in Sabina, Ohio. The company operates a network of five physical scale elevator locations across southwestern and central Ohio — Melvin, Sabina, Jamestown, Lyndon, and Leesburg — where it purchases soybeans (including specialty Plenish Beans), corn, and wheat directly from agricultural producers. Grain is weighed, quality-tested for moisture, damage, splits, and foreign material, and bought at posted daily cash bids that vary by location and commodity. Revenue is generated through the spread between the price paid to producers and the price realized in downstream commodity markets, making this a transaction-fee model with no subscription or recurring software component.

The company sells primarily to grain farmers in Ohio, providing local delivery points, real-time cash bid pricing, storage, deferred payment, and direct deposit options. Producer-facing infrastructure includes a customer web portal for account management and a producer forms library (ownership directives, target orders, discount schedules, onboarding). Marketing and distribution rely on the company website, a Facebook presence under the Sabina Farmers Exchange sub-brand, inbound phone lines, and bid posting on the third-party AgMobile mobile application (a collaboration of AgriCharts/Barchart and Successful Farming).

Underlying technology is conventional for the grain elevator sector: physical storage and weighing infrastructure, a basic web portal, and third-party commodity data integrations. There is no disclosed AI, software platform, or proprietary technology stack beyond the operational portal and mobile bid distribution. The company is privately held with 11–50 employees, no disclosed institutional investors, no parent company, and no public funding history.

Name

Premier Grain

Legal name

Premier Grain, LLC

Website

https://premiergrainllc.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Premier Grain is a privately held Ohio grain elevator operator purchasing soybeans, corn, and wheat directly from regional producers across five physical elevator locations, earning revenue on commodity spread transactions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Agricultural Grain Elevator Services

NAICS

Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers (424510)

SIC

Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials (5150)

akta.pro primary industry

Country & Inland Grain Elevators (Receiving/Shipping) (AFAOAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Grain Merchandising & Origination Facilities (AFAOAAAD), Weighing, Sampling & Grading Stations (Scale Houses) (AFAOAAAJ), Bulk Loadout Systems (Railcar/Truck/Vessel) (AFAOAAAH)

Keywords

• Grain elevator services
• Commodity grain purchasing
• Agricultural commodity marketing
• Grain storage facilities
• Cash grain bids

Headquarters

HQ city

Sabina

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Grain Trading and Marketing: Premier Grain purchases grain (soybeans, corn, wheat) from agricultural producers at their elevator locations and sells to commodity markets. Revenue is generated through the spread between purchase price paid to producers and sale price to commodity markets.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Premier Grain operates a regional network of grain elevator facilities in Ohio that purchase soybeans (including Plenish Beans), corn, and wheat directly from agricultural producers at posted cash bid prices. The company provides grain storage, quality testing (moisture, damage, splits), location-specific discount schedules, and producer services such as deferred payment, direct deposit, target orders, and online account management through its customer portal.

Product overview

Premier Grain LLC is a grain purchasing and elevator operations company operating multiple facilities in Ohio (Melvin, Sabina, Jamestown, Lyndon, Leesburg). The company operates as a single unified offering centered on grain commodity purchasing from producers, supported by a network of physical elevator locations, a customer portal for account management, producer form documentation services, and mobile access via AgMobile integration for real-time commodity bid pricing. The core product is the elevator operations network offering cash bids for soybeans (including specialty Plenish Beans), corn, and wheat with location-specific terms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Sabina Farmers Exchange: Facebook page reference indicates possible association with Sabina Farmers Exchange

Products and services

• Grain Elevator Operations Network of five Ohio scale elevator facilities (Melvin, Sabina, Jamestown, Lyndon, Leesburg) that purchase soybeans (including Plenish Beans specialty variety), corn, and wheat from agricultural producers at posted cash bid prices, with location-specific quality specifications for moisture, damage, splits, and foreign material.
• Cash Bids Real-time grain price quotations posted at each elevator location covering old crop and new crop soybeans, corn, and wheat, subject to change without notice.
• Customer Portal Online account management portal for producers to access their accounts, view balances, and manage grain transactions with Premier Grain.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• ADM (Archer Daniels Midland): Global grain originator and processor with extensive US country elevator network. Directly comparable in grain merchandising at the producer level but vastly larger and more diversified.
• The Andersons, Inc. Midwest-based grain merchandiser and agribusiness with country elevators, storage, and commodity marketing. Ohio-headquartered (Maumee), making it a natural competitor and benchmark for Premier Grain's Ohio elevator operations.
• Cargill, Inc. Global agribusiness giant with major US grain origination and elevator operations. Comparable in grain purchasing and merchandising but operates at massively larger scale and competes with regional elevators for producer bushels.
• Consolidated Grain and Barge (CGB): Major grain merchandiser with barge-loading terminals and country elevators across the US. Comparable in core grain buying and merchandising activities, but operates at much larger scale and includes river-terminal logistics Premier Grain does not.
• Bunge North America: Major grain originator with country elevators and merchandising across the US Midwest. Comparable in grain purchasing and merchandising activities, though at significantly larger scale and with downstream processing exposure.

Regional players

• Country Partners Cooperative: Nebraska-based agricultural cooperative with grain handling and merchandising operations. Comparable business model of multi-location grain elevators and producer marketing services, but serving a different regional grain belt.
• Agtegra Cooperative: Large farmer-owned cooperative with grain elevators across the Dakotas and Upper Midwest. Comparable grain merchandising model but operates in a different geography than Premier Grain's Ohio footprint.

Direct peers

• Heritage Cooperative: Ohio-based farmer-owned cooperative offering grain elevators, agronomy, and energy services across central Ohio. Directly comparable as a regional grain merchandiser competing for the same Ohio producer base.
• Trupointe Cooperative: Ohio-based agricultural cooperative operating grain elevators, agronomy, and farm supply services in western Ohio. Closely comparable to Premier Grain in crops handled (corn, soybeans, wheat) and Ohio producer focus.
• Sunrise Cooperative: Northwest Ohio cooperative providing grain handling, agronomy, and energy services with multiple elevator locations. Comparable as a regional multi-location grain merchandiser serving Ohio grain producers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/premiergrainllc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/premier-grains-llc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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