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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Mon, Mar 31
● Bids as filed53 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2600/bu+0.11−66¢/BuMay (K)5.7375
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5000/bu+0.11−42¢/BuMay (K)6.0308
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6600/bu+0.11−26¢/BuMay (K)6.1375
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1400–4.4900/bu+0.05−143–−108¢/BuMay (K)5.4050
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4400–4.7900/bu+0.05−113–−78¢/BuMay (K)5.4750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5300–4.9400/bu+0.05−104–−63¢/BuMay (K)5.4883
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7100–5.2400/bu+0.05−86–−33¢/BuMay (K)5.5150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.5400–3.8900/bu+0.05−203–−168¢/BuMay (K)5.2650
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2200–5.3500/bu+0.11−70–−57¢/BuMay (K)6.1942
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6200–5.6700/bu+0.11−30–−25¢/BuMay (K)6.3808
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8700–5.9400/bu+0.11−5–+2¢/BuMay (K)6.4608
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7300–4.8200/bu+0.05−84–−75¢/BuMay (K)5.6117
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7700–4.9200/bu+0.05−80–−65¢/BuMay (K)5.6650
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7700–4.9700/bu+0.05−80–−60¢/BuMay (K)5.6817
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7700–5.0700/bu+0.05−80–−50¢/BuMay (K)5.7150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5300–4.7100/bu+0.05−104–−86¢/BuMay (K)5.5050
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2500/bu———7.2500
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9700–5.2800/bu+0.11−95–−64¢/BuMay (K)6.2700
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5200–5.6800/bu+0.11−40–−24¢/BuMay (K)6.4100
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8000–5.9700/bu+0.11−12–+5¢/BuMay (K)6.4600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6700–4.9000/bu+0.05−90–−67¢/BuMay (K)5.5525
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8200–4.9200/bu+0.05−75–−65¢/BuMay (K)5.6125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8400–4.9700/bu+0.05−73–−60¢/BuMay (K)5.6375
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8400–5.1700/bu+0.05−73–−40¢/BuMay (K)5.6375
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2700–4.8600/bu+0.05−130–−71¢/BuMay (K)5.4325
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2500–7.0000/bu———7.8333
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1100–5.2300/bu+0.11−81–−69¢/BuMay (K)5.9775
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5100–5.5700/bu+0.11−41–−35¢/BuMay (K)6.2575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7600–5.7900/bu+0.11−16–−13¢/BuMay (K)6.3775
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7100–4.8100/bu+0.05−86–−76¢/BuMay (K)5.4900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8100–4.8300/bu+0.05−76–−74¢/BuMay (K)5.5500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8300–4.8600/bu+0.05−74–−71¢/BuMay (K)5.5750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8300–4.9600/bu+0.05−74–−61¢/BuMay (K)5.6250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5100–4.7700/bu+0.05−106–−80¢/BuMay (K)5.3700
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5600–4.9600/bu+0.11−136–−96¢/BuMay (K)5.6275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9200–5.3200/bu+0.11−100–−60¢/BuMay (K)5.9975
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1600–5.7200/bu+0.11−76–−20¢/BuMay (K)6.3075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1700–4.5700/bu+0.05−140–−100¢/BuMay (K)4.8321
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3200–4.7200/bu+0.05−125–−85¢/BuMay (K)4.8764
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4200–4.8200/bu+0.05−115–−75¢/BuMay (K)4.9007
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6200–5.0200/bu+0.05−95–−55¢/BuMay (K)4.9493
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.8700–4.3200/bu+0.05−170–−125¢/BuMay (K)4.7450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.7500/bu+0.25——7.7500
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8600/bu+0.11−106¢/BuMay (K)5.6975
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2200/bu+0.11−70¢/BuMay (K)6.0975
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4600/bu+0.11−46¢/BuMay (K)6.4175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4700/bu+0.05−110¢/BuMay (K)4.8050
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6200/bu+0.05−95¢/BuMay (K)4.8550
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7200/bu+0.05−85¢/BuMay (K)4.8850
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9200/bu+0.05−65¢/BuMay (K)4.9450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1700/bu+0.05−140¢/BuMay (K)4.7050

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.