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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Fri, Apr 4
● Bids as filed53 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8750/bu+0.12−70¢/BuMay (K)4.9625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1250/bu+0.12−145¢/BuMay (K)4.7225
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8350/bu+0.07−101¢/BuMay (K)5.8300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1950/bu+0.07−65¢/BuMay (K)6.2300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4350/bu+0.07−41¢/BuMay (K)6.5500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4250/bu+0.12−115¢/BuMay (K)4.8225
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5750/bu+0.12−100¢/BuMay (K)4.8725
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6750/bu+0.12−90¢/BuMay (K)4.9025
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.5450–3.8950/bu+0.12−203–−168¢/BuMay (K)5.3325
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1850/bu+0.07−66¢/BuMay (K)5.8700
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4250/bu+0.07−42¢/BuMay (K)6.1633
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5850/bu+0.07−26¢/BuMay (K)6.2700
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1450–4.4950/bu+0.12−143–−108¢/BuMay (K)5.4725
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4450–4.7950/bu+0.12−113–−78¢/BuMay (K)5.5425
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5350–4.9450/bu+0.12−104–−63¢/BuMay (K)5.5558
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7150–5.2450/bu+0.12−86–−33¢/BuMay (K)5.5825
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6450–4.8150/bu+0.12−93–−76¢/BuMay (K)5.4725
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2500/bu———7.2500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1450–5.3250/bu+0.07−70–−52¢/BuMay (K)6.2933
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5450–5.6450/bu+0.07−30–−20¢/BuMay (K)6.4800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8250–5.9650/bu+0.07−2–+12¢/BuMay (K)6.5600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8450–4.8750/bu+0.12−73–−70¢/BuMay (K)5.5792
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8750–4.9750/bu+0.12−70–−60¢/BuMay (K)5.6325
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8750–5.0250/bu+0.12−70–−55¢/BuMay (K)5.6492
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8750–5.1250/bu+0.12−70–−45¢/BuMay (K)5.6825
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3250–4.8850/bu+0.12−125–−69¢/BuMay (K)5.4750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2500–7.0000/bu———7.8333
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8950–5.2050/bu+0.07−95–−64¢/BuMay (K)6.3900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4950–5.6050/bu+0.07−35–−24¢/BuMay (K)6.5300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7750–5.8950/bu+0.07−7–+5¢/BuMay (K)6.5800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7250–4.9250/bu+0.12−85–−65¢/BuMay (K)5.5950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8250–4.9450/bu+0.12−75–−63¢/BuMay (K)5.6550
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8750–5.0250/bu+0.12−70–−55¢/BuMay (K)5.6800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8950–5.2250/bu+0.12−68–−35¢/BuMay (K)5.6800
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5150–4.8250/bu+0.12−106–−75¢/BuMay (K)5.4558
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0450–5.2050/bu+0.07−80–−64¢/BuMay (K)6.1400
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4450–5.5450/bu+0.07−40–−30¢/BuMay (K)6.4333
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6850–5.7650/bu+0.07−16–−8¢/BuMay (K)6.5800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7150–4.8650/bu+0.12−86–−71¢/BuMay (K)5.5692
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8150–4.8850/bu+0.12−76–−69¢/BuMay (K)5.6258
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8650–4.8950/bu+0.12−71–−68¢/BuMay (K)5.6492
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8850–4.9650/bu+0.12−69–−61¢/BuMay (K)5.6958
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.8250–4.3750/bu+0.12−175–−120¢/BuMay (K)4.7768
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5350–4.9350/bu+0.07−131–−91¢/BuMay (K)5.7600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8950–5.2950/bu+0.07−95–−55¢/BuMay (K)6.1300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1350–5.6950/bu+0.07−71–−15¢/BuMay (K)6.4400
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1250–4.5750/bu+0.12−145–−100¢/BuMay (K)4.8639
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2750–4.6750/bu+0.12−130–−90¢/BuMay (K)4.9082
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3750–4.7750/bu+0.12−120–−80¢/BuMay (K)4.9325
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5750–4.9750/bu+0.12−100–−60¢/BuMay (K)4.9811
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.7500/bu———7.7500

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.