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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Thu, Mar 20
● Bids as filed53 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3875/bu+0.06−66¢/BuMay (K)5.9717
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6275/bu+0.06−42¢/BuMay (K)6.2650
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7875/bu+0.06−26¢/BuMay (K)6.3717
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4350–4.7850/bu+0.08−143–−108¢/BuMay (K)5.5742
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7350–5.0850/bu+0.08−113–−78¢/BuMay (K)5.6442
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8250–5.2350/bu+0.08−104–−63¢/BuMay (K)5.6575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0050–5.5350/bu+0.08−86–−33¢/BuMay (K)5.6842
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.8350–4.1850/bu+0.08−203–−168¢/BuMay (K)5.4342
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2475–5.4275/bu+0.07−80–−62¢/BuMay (K)6.4250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6475–5.7475/bu+0.07−40–−30¢/BuMay (K)6.6117
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9275–6.0675/bu+0.07−12–+2¢/BuMay (K)6.6917
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9950–5.0650/bu+0.08−87–−80¢/BuMay (K)5.6308
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0150–5.1650/bu+0.08−85–−70¢/BuMay (K)5.6842
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0150–5.2150/bu+0.08−85–−65¢/BuMay (K)5.7008
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0150–5.3150/bu+0.08−85–−55¢/BuMay (K)5.7342
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8250–4.9550/bu+0.08−104–−91¢/BuMay (K)5.5242
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2500/bu———7.2500
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0975–5.3575/bu+0.07−95–−69¢/BuMay (K)6.5600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5975–5.7575/bu+0.07−45–−29¢/BuMay (K)6.7000
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8775–6.0975/bu+0.07−17–+5¢/BuMay (K)6.7500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9650–5.1150/bu+0.03−90–−75¢/BuMay (K)5.6900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1150–5.1650/bu+0.08−75–−70¢/BuMay (K)5.7500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1150–5.2650/bu+0.08−75–−60¢/BuMay (K)5.7750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1150–5.4650/bu+0.08−75–−40¢/BuMay (K)5.8250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5650–5.0750/bu+0.03−130–−79¢/BuMay (K)5.5700
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2500–7.0000/bu———7.7500
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1875–5.3275/bu+0.07−86–−72¢/BuMay (K)6.2750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5875–5.6475/bu+0.07−46–−40¢/BuMay (K)6.5683
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8475–5.8775/bu+0.07−20–−17¢/BuMay (K)6.7150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8250–5.0850/bu+0.08−104–−78¢/BuMay (K)5.7142
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9250–5.1050/bu+0.08−94–−76¢/BuMay (K)5.7708
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9750–5.1050/bu+0.08−89–−76¢/BuMay (K)5.7942
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0750–5.1250/bu+0.08−79–−74¢/BuMay (K)5.8408
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6250–5.0450/bu+0.08−124–−82¢/BuMay (K)5.6008
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6875–5.0875/bu+0.07−136–−96¢/BuMay (K)5.8638
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0475–5.4475/bu+0.07−100–−60¢/BuMay (K)6.2338
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2875–5.7975/bu+0.07−76–−25¢/BuMay (K)6.5438
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4650–4.8650/bu+0.08−140–−100¢/BuMay (K)4.9589
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6150–5.0150/bu+0.08−125–−85¢/BuMay (K)5.0032
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7150–5.1150/bu+0.08−115–−75¢/BuMay (K)5.0275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9150–5.3150/bu+0.08−95–−55¢/BuMay (K)5.0761
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1650–4.5650/bu+0.08−170–−130¢/BuMay (K)4.8718
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5000–6.7500/bu———7.5625
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9875/bu+0.03−106¢/BuMay (K)5.9150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3475/bu+0.03−70¢/BuMay (K)6.3150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5875/bu+0.03−46¢/BuMay (K)6.6350
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7650/bu+0.08−110¢/BuMay (K)4.9675
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9150/bu+0.08−95¢/BuMay (K)5.0175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0150/bu+0.08−85¢/BuMay (K)5.0475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2150/bu+0.08−65¢/BuMay (K)5.1075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4650/bu+0.08−140¢/BuMay (K)4.8675

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.