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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

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

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4700/bu+0.01−67¢/BuMay (K)5.9642
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7100/bu+0.01−43¢/BuMay (K)6.2575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8700/bu+0.01−27¢/BuMay (K)6.3642
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6325–4.9625/bu+0.01−143–−110¢/BuMay (K)5.5842
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9325–5.2625/bu+0.01−113–−80¢/BuMay (K)5.6542
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0225–5.4125/bu+0.01−104–−65¢/BuMay (K)5.6675
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2025–5.7125/bu+0.01−86–−35¢/BuMay (K)5.6942
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0325–4.3625/bu+0.01−203–−170¢/BuMay (K)5.4442
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3400–5.5200/bu+0.01−80–−62¢/BuMay (K)6.4175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7400–5.8400/bu+0.01−40–−30¢/BuMay (K)6.6042
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0200–6.1600/bu+0.01−12–+2¢/BuMay (K)6.6842
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1925–5.2625/bu+0.01−87–−80¢/BuMay (K)5.6408
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2125–5.3625/bu+0.01−85–−70¢/BuMay (K)5.6942
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2125–5.4125/bu+0.01−85–−65¢/BuMay (K)5.7108
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2125–5.5125/bu+0.01−85–−55¢/BuMay (K)5.7442
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0225–5.1525/bu+0.01−104–−91¢/BuMay (K)5.5342
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2500/bu———7.2500
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1900–5.4500/bu+0.01−95–−69¢/BuMay (K)6.5525
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6900–5.8500/bu+0.01−45–−29¢/BuMay (K)6.6925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9700–6.1900/bu+0.01−17–+5¢/BuMay (K)6.7425
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1125–5.2925/bu+0.01−95–−77¢/BuMay (K)5.7125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3125/bu+0.01−75¢/BuMay (K)5.7725
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3125–5.4125/bu+0.01−75–−65¢/BuMay (K)5.7975
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3125–5.6125/bu+0.01−75–−45¢/BuMay (K)5.8475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7125–5.2525/bu+0.01−135–−81¢/BuMay (K)5.5925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2500–7.0000/bu———7.7500
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2800–5.4200/bu+0.01−86–−72¢/BuMay (K)6.2675
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6800–5.7400/bu+0.01−46–−40¢/BuMay (K)6.5608
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9400–5.9700/bu+0.01−20–−17¢/BuMay (K)6.7075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0225–5.2825/bu+0.01−104–−78¢/BuMay (K)5.7242
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1225–5.3025/bu+0.01−94–−76¢/BuMay (K)5.7808
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1725–5.3025/bu+0.01−89–−76¢/BuMay (K)5.8042
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2725–5.3225/bu+0.01−79–−74¢/BuMay (K)5.8508
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8225–5.2425/bu+0.01−124–−82¢/BuMay (K)5.6108
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6800–5.0900/bu+0.01−146–−105¢/BuMay (K)5.8563
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0400–5.4900/bu+0.01−110–−65¢/BuMay (K)6.2263
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2800–5.8900/bu+0.01−86–−25¢/BuMay (K)6.5363
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6625–5.0625/bu+0.01−140–−100¢/BuMay (K)4.9832
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8125–5.2125/bu+0.01−125–−85¢/BuMay (K)5.0275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9125–5.3125/bu+0.01−115–−75¢/BuMay (K)5.0518
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1125–5.5125/bu+0.01−95–−55¢/BuMay (K)5.1004
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3625–4.7625/bu+0.01−170–−130¢/BuMay (K)4.8961
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5000–6.7500/bu———7.5625
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9800/bu+0.01−116¢/BuMay (K)5.9075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3400/bu+0.01−80¢/BuMay (K)6.3075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5800/bu+0.01−56¢/BuMay (K)6.6275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9625/bu+0.01−110¢/BuMay (K)4.9775
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1125/bu+0.01−95¢/BuMay (K)5.0275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2125/bu+0.01−85¢/BuMay (K)5.0575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4125/bu+0.01−65¢/BuMay (K)5.1175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6625/bu+0.01−140¢/BuMay (K)4.8775

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.