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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Wed, Apr 2
● Bids as filed53 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2650/bu+0.02−66¢/BuMay (K)5.7850
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5050/bu+0.02−42¢/BuMay (K)6.0783
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6650/bu+0.02−26¢/BuMay (K)6.1850
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2550–4.6050/bu+0.03−143–−108¢/BuMay (K)5.4550
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5550–4.9050/bu+0.03−113–−78¢/BuMay (K)5.5250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6450–5.0550/bu+0.03−104–−63¢/BuMay (K)5.5383
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8250–5.3550/bu+0.03−86–−33¢/BuMay (K)5.5650
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.6550–4.0050/bu+0.03−203–−168¢/BuMay (K)5.3150
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2250–5.4050/bu+0.02−70–−52¢/BuMay (K)6.2083
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6250–5.7250/bu+0.02−30–−20¢/BuMay (K)6.3950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9050–5.9450/bu+0.02−2–+2¢/BuMay (K)6.4750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8450–4.9850/bu+0.03−84–−70¢/BuMay (K)5.5617
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9450–5.0850/bu+0.04−74–−60¢/BuMay (K)5.6150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9850–5.1350/bu+0.08−70–−55¢/BuMay (K)5.6317
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9850–5.2350/bu+0.08−70–−45¢/BuMay (K)5.6650
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6450–4.9250/bu+0.03−104–−76¢/BuMay (K)5.4550
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2500/bu———7.2500
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9750–5.2850/bu+0.02−95–−64¢/BuMay (K)6.3050
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5750–5.6850/bu+0.04−35–−24¢/BuMay (K)6.4450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8550–5.9750/bu+0.04−7–+5¢/BuMay (K)6.4950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7850–5.0350/bu+0.03−90–−65¢/BuMay (K)5.5900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9350–5.0550/bu+0.03−75–−63¢/BuMay (K)5.6500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9850–5.0850/bu+0.03−70–−60¢/BuMay (K)5.6750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0050–5.2850/bu+0.03−68–−40¢/BuMay (K)5.6750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3850–4.9950/bu+0.03−130–−69¢/BuMay (K)5.4700
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2500–7.0000/bu———7.8333
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1250–5.2850/bu+0.01−80–−64¢/BuMay (K)6.0550
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5250–5.6250/bu+0.01−40–−30¢/BuMay (K)6.3483
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7650–5.8450/bu+0.02−16–−8¢/BuMay (K)6.4950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8250–4.9750/bu+0.03−86–−71¢/BuMay (K)5.5883
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9250–4.9950/bu+0.03−76–−69¢/BuMay (K)5.6450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9750–5.0050/bu+0.03−71–−68¢/BuMay (K)5.6683
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9950–5.0750/bu+0.03−69–−61¢/BuMay (K)5.7150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6250–4.9350/bu+0.03−106–−75¢/BuMay (K)5.4750
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5650–4.9650/bu+0.02−136–−96¢/BuMay (K)5.6750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9250–5.3250/bu+0.02−100–−60¢/BuMay (K)6.0450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1650–5.7250/bu+0.02−76–−20¢/BuMay (K)6.3550
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2350–4.6350/bu+0.03−145–−105¢/BuMay (K)4.8464
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3850–4.7850/bu+0.03−130–−90¢/BuMay (K)4.8907
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4850–4.8850/bu+0.03−120–−80¢/BuMay (K)4.9150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6850–5.0850/bu+0.03−100–−60¢/BuMay (K)4.9636
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.9350–4.4350/bu+0.03−175–−125¢/BuMay (K)4.7593
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.7500/bu———7.7500
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8650/bu+0.02−106¢/BuMay (K)5.7450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2250/bu+0.02−70¢/BuMay (K)6.1450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4650/bu+0.02−46¢/BuMay (K)6.4650
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5350/bu+0.03−115¢/BuMay (K)4.8050
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6850/bu+0.03−100¢/BuMay (K)4.8550
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7850/bu+0.03−90¢/BuMay (K)4.8850
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9850/bu+0.03−70¢/BuMay (K)4.9450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2350/bu+0.03−145¢/BuMay (K)4.7050

Barley

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.0000/bu———3.6000
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.0000/bu———3.3000
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.