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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Tue, Apr 8
● Bids as filed53 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3500/bu+0.07−66¢/BuMay (K)5.9025
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5900/bu+0.07−42¢/BuMay (K)6.1958
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7500/bu+0.07−26¢/BuMay (K)6.3025
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1850–4.5350/bu+0.02−143–−108¢/BuMay (K)5.4225
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4850–4.8350/bu+0.02−113–−78¢/BuMay (K)5.4925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5750–4.9850/bu+0.02−104–−63¢/BuMay (K)5.5058
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7550–5.2850/bu+0.02−86–−33¢/BuMay (K)5.5325
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.5850–3.9350/bu+0.02−203–−168¢/BuMay (K)5.2825
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3100–5.4900/bu+0.07−70–−52¢/BuMay (K)6.2925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7100–5.8100/bu+0.07−30–−20¢/BuMay (K)6.4792
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9900–6.1300/bu+0.07−2–+12¢/BuMay (K)6.5592
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8850–4.9150/bu+0.02−73–−70¢/BuMay (K)5.4558
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9150–5.0150/bu+0.02−70–−60¢/BuMay (K)5.5092
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9150–5.0650/bu+0.02−70–−55¢/BuMay (K)5.5258
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9150–5.1650/bu+0.02−70–−45¢/BuMay (K)5.5592
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6850–4.8550/bu+0.02−93–−76¢/BuMay (K)5.3492
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2500/bu———7.2500
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0600–5.3700/bu+0.07−95–−64¢/BuMay (K)6.4225
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6600–5.7700/bu+0.07−35–−24¢/BuMay (K)6.5625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9400–6.0600/bu+0.07−7–+5¢/BuMay (K)6.6125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7650–4.9650/bu+0.02−85–−65¢/BuMay (K)5.5450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8650–4.9850/bu+0.02−75–−63¢/BuMay (K)5.6050
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9150–5.0650/bu+0.02−70–−55¢/BuMay (K)5.6300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9350–5.2650/bu+0.02−68–−35¢/BuMay (K)5.6300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3650–4.9250/bu+0.02−125–−69¢/BuMay (K)5.4250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2500–7.0000/bu———7.8333
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2100–5.3700/bu+0.07−80–−64¢/BuMay (K)6.1725
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6100–5.7100/bu+0.07−40–−30¢/BuMay (K)6.4658
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8500–5.9300/bu+0.07−16–−8¢/BuMay (K)6.6125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7550–4.9050/bu+0.02−86–−71¢/BuMay (K)5.5192
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8550–4.9250/bu+0.02−76–−69¢/BuMay (K)5.5758
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9050–4.9350/bu+0.02−71–−68¢/BuMay (K)5.5992
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9250–5.0050/bu+0.02−69–−61¢/BuMay (K)5.6458
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5550–4.8650/bu+0.02−106–−75¢/BuMay (K)5.4058
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7000–5.1000/bu+0.07−131–−91¢/BuMay (K)5.7925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0600–5.4600/bu+0.07−95–−55¢/BuMay (K)6.1625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3000–5.8600/bu+0.07−71–−15¢/BuMay (K)6.4725
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1650–4.6150/bu+0.02−145–−100¢/BuMay (K)4.8139
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3150–4.7150/bu+0.02−130–−90¢/BuMay (K)4.8582
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4150–4.8150/bu+0.02−120–−80¢/BuMay (K)4.8825
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6150–5.0150/bu+0.02−100–−60¢/BuMay (K)4.9311
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.8650–4.4150/bu+0.02−175–−120¢/BuMay (K)4.7268
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.7500/bu———7.7500
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0000/bu+0.07−101¢/BuMay (K)5.8625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3600/bu+0.07−65¢/BuMay (K)6.2625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6000/bu+0.07−41¢/BuMay (K)6.5825
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4650/bu+0.02−115¢/BuMay (K)4.7725
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6150/bu+0.02−100¢/BuMay (K)4.8225
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7150/bu+0.02−90¢/BuMay (K)4.8525
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9150/bu+0.02−70¢/BuMay (K)4.9125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1650/bu+0.02−145¢/BuMay (K)4.6725

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.