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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Mon, Mar 18
● Bids as filed53 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Barley

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.1000–3.9000/bu———6.3250
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.1000/bu———6.4000

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6575–6.1775/bu+0.04−85–−33¢/BuMay (K)7.8183
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9775–6.4175/bu+0.04−53–−9¢/BuMay (K)8.1650
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0575–6.5775/bu+0.04−45–+7¢/BuMay (K)8.2450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3275–5.5775/bu+0.08−41–−16¢/BuMay (K)8.2342
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4075–5.6575/bu+0.08−33–−8¢/BuMay (K)8.3042
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4175–5.6675/bu+0.08−32–−7¢/BuMay (K)8.3175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4375–5.6875/bu+0.08−30–−5¢/BuMay (K)8.3442
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1675–5.4775/bu+0.08−57–−26¢/BuMay (K)8.0942
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2775–6.5975/bu+0.08−23–+9¢/BuMay (K)8.1150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3575–6.7575/bu+0.04−15–+25¢/BuMay (K)8.2483
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3575–6.7975/bu+0.04−15–+29¢/BuMay (K)8.2883
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3675–5.6775/bu+0.08−37–−6¢/BuMay (K)8.2842
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3875–5.7275/bu+0.08−35–−1¢/BuMay (K)8.3208
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3875–5.7775/bu+0.08−35–+4¢/BuMay (K)8.3275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3875–5.8775/bu+0.08−35–+14¢/BuMay (K)8.3408
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3275–5.5975/bu+0.08−41–−14¢/BuMay (K)8.2108
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered7.0000/bu———8.2500
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2075–6.7075/bu+0.04−30–+20¢/BuMay (K)8.2475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.6075–6.7075/bu+0.04+10–+20¢/BuMay (K)8.3275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.6275–6.8075/bu+0.04+12–+30¢/BuMay (K)8.3275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4375–5.7875/bu+0.08−30–+5¢/BuMay (K)8.4450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6375–5.8075/bu+0.03−10–+7¢/BuMay (K)8.4600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7375–5.8075/bu+0.080–+7¢/BuMay (K)8.4600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7375–5.9375/bu+0.080–+20¢/BuMay (K)8.4600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0375–5.7475/bu+0.08−70–+1¢/BuMay (K)8.4150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered7.0000–9.0000/bu———8.2500
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0175–6.3275/bu+0.04−49–−18¢/BuMay (K)8.1317
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.4175–6.6475/bu+0.04−9–+14¢/BuMay (K)8.2917
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.4675–6.8475/bu+0.04−4–+34¢/BuMay (K)8.3583
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5475–5.7775/bu+0.08−19–+4¢/BuMay (K)8.2775
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5975–5.8275/bu+0.08−14–+9¢/BuMay (K)8.3175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5975–5.8475/bu+0.08−14–+11¢/BuMay (K)8.3275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5975–5.8875/bu+0.08−14–+15¢/BuMay (K)8.3475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3475–5.6775/bu+0.08−39–−6¢/BuMay (K)8.1975
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5575–6.0275/bu+0.04−95–−48¢/BuMay (K)7.7706
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9575–6.4075/bu+0.04−55–−10¢/BuMay (K)7.8817
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1075–6.8875/bu+0.04−40–+38¢/BuMay (K)7.9306
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5875–5.3775/bu+0.08−115–−36¢/BuMay (K)7.7208
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6375–5.4375/bu+0.08−110–−30¢/BuMay (K)7.7197
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6675–5.4575/bu+0.08−107–−28¢/BuMay (K)7.7197
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7275–5.4975/bu+0.08−101–−24¢/BuMay (K)7.7197
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4875–5.2675/bu+0.08−125–−47¢/BuMay (K)7.7119
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered7.0000–7.7500/bu———8.5625
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8575/bu+0.04−65¢/BuMay (K)7.7550
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2575/bu+0.04−25¢/BuMay (K)7.9150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5775/bu+0.04+7¢/BuMay (K)7.9950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8875/bu+0.08−85¢/BuMay (K)7.7475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9375/bu+0.08−80¢/BuMay (K)7.7475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9675/bu+0.08−77¢/BuMay (K)7.7475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0275/bu+0.08−71¢/BuMay (K)7.7475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7875/bu+0.08−95¢/BuMay (K)7.7475
Source: USDA AMS · Greeley, CO. 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.