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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Mon, Mar 17
● Bids as filed53 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4800/bu+0.13−67¢/BuMay (K)5.9142
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7200/bu+0.13−43¢/BuMay (K)6.2075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8800/bu+0.13−27¢/BuMay (K)6.3142
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6250–4.9550/bu+0.20−143–−110¢/BuMay (K)5.4942
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9250–5.2550/bu+0.20−113–−80¢/BuMay (K)5.5642
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0150–5.4050/bu+0.20−104–−65¢/BuMay (K)5.5775
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1950–5.7050/bu+0.20−86–−35¢/BuMay (K)5.6042
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0250–4.3550/bu+0.20−203–−170¢/BuMay (K)5.3542
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3500–5.5300/bu+0.13−80–−62¢/BuMay (K)6.3842
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7500–5.8500/bu+0.13−40–−30¢/BuMay (K)6.5708
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0300–6.1700/bu+0.13−12–+2¢/BuMay (K)6.6508
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1850–5.2550/bu+0.27−87–−80¢/BuMay (K)5.5575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2050–5.3550/bu+0.25−85–−70¢/BuMay (K)5.6108
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2050–5.4050/bu+0.25−85–−65¢/BuMay (K)5.6275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2050–5.5050/bu+0.25−85–−55¢/BuMay (K)5.6608
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0150–5.1450/bu+0.30−104–−91¢/BuMay (K)5.4508
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2500/bu———7.0000
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2000–5.4600/bu+0.13−95–−69¢/BuMay (K)6.5225
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7000–5.8600/bu+0.13−45–−29¢/BuMay (K)6.6625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9800–6.2000/bu+0.13−17–+5¢/BuMay (K)6.7125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1050–5.2850/bu+0.20−95–−77¢/BuMay (K)5.6725
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3050/bu+0.25−75¢/BuMay (K)5.7325
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3050–5.4050/bu+0.25−75–−65¢/BuMay (K)5.7575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3050–5.6050/bu+0.25−75–−45¢/BuMay (K)5.8075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7050–5.2450/bu+0.20−135–−81¢/BuMay (K)5.5525
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2500–7.0000/bu———7.6667
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2900–5.4300/bu+0.13−86–−72¢/BuMay (K)6.2175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6900–5.7500/bu+0.13−46–−40¢/BuMay (K)6.5108
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9500–5.9800/bu+0.13−20–−17¢/BuMay (K)6.6575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0150–5.2750/bu+0.20−104–−78¢/BuMay (K)5.6342
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1150–5.2950/bu+0.20−94–−76¢/BuMay (K)5.6908
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1650–5.2950/bu+0.20−89–−76¢/BuMay (K)5.7142
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2650–5.3150/bu+0.20−79–−74¢/BuMay (K)5.7608
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8150–5.2350/bu+0.20−124–−82¢/BuMay (K)5.5208
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6900–5.1000/bu+0.13−146–−105¢/BuMay (K)5.8063
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0500–5.5000/bu+0.13−110–−65¢/BuMay (K)6.1763
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2900–5.9000/bu+0.13−86–−25¢/BuMay (K)6.4863
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6550–5.0550/bu+0.20−140–−100¢/BuMay (K)4.8932
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8050–5.2050/bu+0.20−125–−85¢/BuMay (K)4.9375
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9050–5.3050/bu+0.20−115–−75¢/BuMay (K)4.9618
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1050–5.5050/bu+0.30−95–−55¢/BuMay (K)5.0104
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3550–4.7550/bu+0.20−170–−130¢/BuMay (K)4.8061
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5000–6.7500/bu———7.5625
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9900/bu+0.13−116¢/BuMay (K)5.8575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3500/bu+0.13−80¢/BuMay (K)6.2575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5900/bu+0.13−56¢/BuMay (K)6.5775
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9550/bu+0.20−110¢/BuMay (K)4.8875
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1050/bu+0.20−95¢/BuMay (K)4.9375
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2050/bu+0.20−85¢/BuMay (K)4.9675
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4050/bu+0.20−65¢/BuMay (K)5.0275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6550/bu+0.20−140¢/BuMay (K)4.7875

Barley

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.0000/bu———3.5000
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.0000/bu———3.1000
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.