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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Mon, Mar 24
● Bids as filed53 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2625/bu+0.13−66¢/BuMay (K)6.0017
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5025/bu+0.13−42¢/BuMay (K)6.2950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6625/bu+0.13−26¢/BuMay (K)6.4017
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3500–4.7000/bu+0.11−143–−108¢/BuMay (K)5.6050
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6500–5.0000/bu+0.11−113–−78¢/BuMay (K)5.6750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7400–5.1500/bu+0.11−104–−63¢/BuMay (K)5.6883
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9200–5.4500/bu+0.11−86–−33¢/BuMay (K)5.7150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.7500–4.1000/bu+0.11−203–−168¢/BuMay (K)5.4650
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1225–5.3025/bu+0.13−80–−62¢/BuMay (K)6.4550
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5225–5.6225/bu+0.13−40–−30¢/BuMay (K)6.6417
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8025–5.9425/bu+0.13−12–+2¢/BuMay (K)6.7217
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9400–4.9800/bu+0.11−84–−80¢/BuMay (K)5.7083
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9800–5.0800/bu+0.11−80–−70¢/BuMay (K)5.7617
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9800–5.1300/bu+0.11−80–−65¢/BuMay (K)5.7783
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9800–5.2300/bu+0.11−80–−55¢/BuMay (K)5.8117
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7400–4.9200/bu+0.11−104–−86¢/BuMay (K)5.6017
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2500/bu———7.2500
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9725–5.2325/bu+0.13−95–−69¢/BuMay (K)6.5600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4725–5.6325/bu+0.13−45–−29¢/BuMay (K)6.7000
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7525–5.9725/bu+0.13−17–+5¢/BuMay (K)6.7500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8800–5.1100/bu+0.11−90–−67¢/BuMay (K)5.7275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0300–5.1300/bu+0.11−75–−65¢/BuMay (K)5.7875
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0500–5.1800/bu+0.11−73–−60¢/BuMay (K)5.8125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0500–5.3800/bu+0.11−73–−40¢/BuMay (K)5.8625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4800–5.0700/bu+0.11−130–−71¢/BuMay (K)5.6075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2500–7.0000/bu———7.7500
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0625–5.2025/bu+0.13−86–−72¢/BuMay (K)6.3050
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4625–5.5225/bu+0.13−46–−40¢/BuMay (K)6.5983
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7225–5.7625/bu+0.13−20–−16¢/BuMay (K)6.7283
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9200–5.0200/bu+0.07−86–−76¢/BuMay (K)5.7650
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9800–5.0400/bu+0.03−80–−74¢/BuMay (K)5.8217
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0000–5.0700/bu+0.00−78–−71¢/BuMay (K)5.8450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0400–5.1700/bu+0.06−74–−61¢/BuMay (K)5.8917
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7200–4.9800/bu+0.07−106–−80¢/BuMay (K)5.6517
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5625–4.9625/bu+0.13−136–−96¢/BuMay (K)5.8875
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9225–5.3225/bu+0.13−100–−60¢/BuMay (K)6.2575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1625–5.7225/bu+0.13−76–−20¢/BuMay (K)6.5675
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3800–4.7800/bu+0.11−140–−100¢/BuMay (K)5.0364
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5300–4.9300/bu+0.11−125–−85¢/BuMay (K)5.0807
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6300–5.0300/bu+0.11−115–−75¢/BuMay (K)5.1050
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8300–5.2300/bu+0.11−95–−55¢/BuMay (K)5.1536
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0800–4.5300/bu+0.11−170–−125¢/BuMay (K)4.9493
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5000–6.7500/bu———7.5625
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8625/bu+0.13−106¢/BuMay (K)5.9450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2225/bu+0.13−70¢/BuMay (K)6.3450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4625/bu+0.13−46¢/BuMay (K)6.6650
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6800/bu+0.11−110¢/BuMay (K)5.0450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8300/bu+0.11−95¢/BuMay (K)5.0950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9300/bu+0.11−85¢/BuMay (K)5.1250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1300/bu+0.11−65¢/BuMay (K)5.1850
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3800/bu+0.11−140¢/BuMay (K)4.9450

Barley

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.0000/bu———3.5250
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.0000/bu———3.1500
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.