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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Wed, Apr 16
● Bids as filed53 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0375–5.4175/bu+0.03−100–−62¢/BuMay (K)5.7225
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3575–5.6575/bu+0.03−68–−38¢/BuMay (K)6.0158
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4375–5.8175/bu+0.03−60–−22¢/BuMay (K)6.1225
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1800–4.5500/bu+0.05−140–−103¢/BuMay (K)5.3175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4800–4.8500/bu+0.05−110–−73¢/BuMay (K)5.3875
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5700–5.0000/bu+0.05−101–−58¢/BuMay (K)5.4008
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7500–5.3000/bu+0.05−83–−28¢/BuMay (K)5.4275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.5800–3.9500/bu+0.05−200–−163¢/BuMay (K)5.1775
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3375–5.4375/bu+0.03−70–−60¢/BuMay (K)6.1125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6875–5.8375/bu+0.03−35–−20¢/BuMay (K)6.2992
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8875–6.1575/bu+0.11−15–+12¢/BuMay (K)6.3792
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7300–4.8600/bu+0.07−85–−72¢/BuMay (K)5.4108
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8300–4.9500/bu—−75–−63¢/BuMay (K)5.4642
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8800–5.0000/bu+0.05−70–−58¢/BuMay (K)5.4808
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8800–5.1000/bu+0.05−70–−48¢/BuMay (K)5.5142
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5300–4.8200/bu+0.07−105–−76¢/BuMay (K)5.3042
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.4000/bu———7.0000
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0875–5.4575/bu+0.03−95–−58¢/BuMay (K)6.2425
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6875–5.8575/bu+0.03−35–−18¢/BuMay (K)6.3825
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9675–6.0975/bu+0.03−7–+6¢/BuMay (K)6.4325
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7300–4.9600/bu+0.05−85–−62¢/BuMay (K)5.4275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8300–4.9800/bu+0.05−75–−60¢/BuMay (K)5.4875
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8800–5.0300/bu+0.05−70–−55¢/BuMay (K)5.5125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9300–5.2300/bu+0.05−65–−35¢/BuMay (K)5.5375
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3300–4.9200/bu+0.05−125–−66¢/BuMay (K)5.3075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.4000–7.0000/bu———7.6667
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2675–5.4775/bu+0.02−77–−56¢/BuMay (K)5.9725
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5875–5.6775/bu+0.07−45–−36¢/BuMay (K)6.2658
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7875–5.9575/bu+0.11−25–−8¢/BuMay (K)6.4125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6800–4.9000/bu+0.04−90–−68¢/BuMay (K)5.4542
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7300–4.9200/bu+0.09−85–−66¢/BuMay (K)5.5108
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7500–4.9200/bu+0.10−83–−66¢/BuMay (K)5.5342
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7900–5.0200/bu+0.08−79–−56¢/BuMay (K)5.5808
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5700–4.8600/bu+0.05−101–−72¢/BuMay (K)5.3408
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7275–5.2375/bu+0.03−131–−80¢/BuMay (K)5.5813
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0875–5.6375/bu+0.03−95–−40¢/BuMay (K)5.9513
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3275–6.0375/bu+0.03−71–0¢/BuMay (K)6.2613
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1300–4.5800/bu+0.05−145–−100¢/BuMay (K)4.7689
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2800–4.6800/bu+0.05−130–−90¢/BuMay (K)4.8132
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3800–4.7800/bu+0.05−120–−80¢/BuMay (K)4.8375
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5800–4.9800/bu+0.05−100–−60¢/BuMay (K)4.8861
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.8300–4.3800/bu+0.05−175–−120¢/BuMay (K)4.6818
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.9000/bu———7.6667
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0275/bu+0.03−101¢/BuMay (K)5.6325
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3875/bu+0.03−65¢/BuMay (K)6.0325
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6275/bu+0.03−41¢/BuMay (K)6.3525
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4300/bu+0.05−115¢/BuMay (K)4.7275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5800/bu+0.05−100¢/BuMay (K)4.7775
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6800/bu+0.05−90¢/BuMay (K)4.8075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8800/bu+0.05−70¢/BuMay (K)4.8675
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1300/bu+0.05−145¢/BuMay (K)4.6275

Barley

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.0000/bu———3.6500
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.0000/bu———3.4000
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.