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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Tue, Mar 4
● Bids as filed53 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1300/bu+0.12−67¢/BuMay (K)5.9617
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3700/bu+0.12−43¢/BuMay (K)6.2550
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5300/bu+0.12−27¢/BuMay (K)6.3617
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0850–4.3850/bu+0.21−140–−110¢/BuMay (K)5.4492
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3850–4.6850/bu+0.01−110–−80¢/BuMay (K)5.5192
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4750–4.8350/bu+0.09−101–−65¢/BuMay (K)5.5325
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6550–5.1350/bu+0.25−83–−35¢/BuMay (K)5.5592
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.4850–3.7850/bu+0.65−200–−170¢/BuMay (K)5.3092
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9500–5.1200/bu+0.11−85–−68¢/BuMay (K)6.4350
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3500–5.4500/bu+0.06−45–−35¢/BuMay (K)6.6217
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6300–5.7700/bu+0.18−17–−3¢/BuMay (K)6.7017
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5150–4.5450/bu+0.12−97–−94¢/BuMay (K)5.5392
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5350–4.6450/bu+0.14−95–−84¢/BuMay (K)5.5925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5350–4.6950/bu+0.14−95–−79¢/BuMay (K)5.6092
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5350–4.7950/bu+0.14−95–−69¢/BuMay (K)5.6425
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3350–4.4750/bu+0.14−115–−101¢/BuMay (K)5.4325
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5000/bu———7.2500
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9000–5.4000/bu+0.21−90–−40¢/BuMay (K)6.5850
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3000–5.4500/bu+0.21−50–−35¢/BuMay (K)6.7250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4000–5.7300/bu+0.11−40–−7¢/BuMay (K)6.7750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3850–4.6150/bu+0.14−110–−87¢/BuMay (K)5.7900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5350–4.6350/bu+0.09−95–−85¢/BuMay (K)5.8500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5350–4.6850/bu+0.09−95–−80¢/BuMay (K)5.8750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5350–4.8850/bu+0.09−95–−60¢/BuMay (K)5.9250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.9850–4.5750/bu+0.14−150–−91¢/BuMay (K)5.6700
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5000–7.0000/bu———7.8333
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8900–5.0200/bu+0.21−91–−78¢/BuMay (K)6.2450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2900–5.3900/bu+0.16−51–−41¢/BuMay (K)6.5383
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5400–5.6300/bu+0.11−26–−17¢/BuMay (K)6.6850
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4450–4.5050/bu+0.08−104–−98¢/BuMay (K)5.5892
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5250–4.5450/bu+0.10−96–−94¢/BuMay (K)5.6458
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5250–4.5950/bu+0.14−96–−89¢/BuMay (K)5.6625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5250–4.6950/bu+0.14−96–−79¢/BuMay (K)5.7158
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2450–4.4650/bu+0.08−124–−102¢/BuMay (K)5.4758
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3400–4.7400/bu+0.11−146–−106¢/BuMay (K)5.9100
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7000–5.1500/bu+0.11−110–−65¢/BuMay (K)6.2800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9400–5.6300/bu+0.11−86–−17¢/BuMay (K)6.5925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0850–4.4850/bu+0.14−140–−100¢/BuMay (K)4.9268
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2350–4.6350/bu+0.09−125–−85¢/BuMay (K)4.9711
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2850–4.7350/bu+0.09−120–−75¢/BuMay (K)4.9954
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2850–4.9350/bu+0.09−120–−55¢/BuMay (K)5.0439
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.7850–4.2850/bu+0.14−170–−120¢/BuMay (K)4.8396
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.7500–7.0000/bu———7.6875
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6400/bu+0.11−116¢/BuMay (K)5.9550
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0000/bu+0.11−80¢/BuMay (K)6.3550
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2400/bu+0.11−56¢/BuMay (K)6.6750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3850/bu+0.14−110¢/BuMay (K)4.9425
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5350/bu+0.14−95¢/BuMay (K)4.9925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6350/bu+0.14−85¢/BuMay (K)5.0225
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8350/bu+0.14−65¢/BuMay (K)5.0825
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0850/bu+0.14−140¢/BuMay (K)4.8425

Barley

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.0000/bu———3.4750
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.0000/bu———3.2000
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.