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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Mon, May 12
● Bids as filed45 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Barley

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.0000/bu———3.4500
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.0000/bu———3.4000

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9400–5.3300/bu+0.10−90–−51¢/BuJuly (N)6.5892
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2100–5.5700/bu+0.10−63–−27¢/BuJuly (N)6.8825
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3400–5.7300/bu+0.10−50–−11¢/BuJuly (N)6.9892
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.8300–4.1500/bu+0.10−125–−93¢/BuJuly (N)6.2567
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0800–4.4500/bu+0.10−100–−63¢/BuJuly (N)6.3267
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2200–4.6000/bu+0.10−86–−48¢/BuJuly (N)6.3400
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4000–4.9000/bu+0.10−68–−18¢/BuJuly (N)6.3667
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.2300–3.5500/bu+0.10−185–−153¢/BuJuly (N)6.1167
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3400–5.5200/bu+0.10−50–−32¢/BuJuly (N)7.0325
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7400–5.8400/bu+0.10−10–0¢/BuJuly (N)7.2192
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0200–6.1600/bu+0.10+18–+32¢/BuJuly (N)7.2992
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3100–4.4300/bu+0.10−77–−65¢/BuJuly (N)6.3567
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3300–4.5300/bu+0.10−75–−55¢/BuJuly (N)6.4100
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3300–4.5800/bu+0.10−75–−50¢/BuJuly (N)6.4267
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3300–4.6800/bu+0.10−75–−40¢/BuJuly (N)6.4600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1800–4.2700/bu+0.10−90–−81¢/BuJuly (N)6.2500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.4000/bu———7.2500
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1400–5.4900/bu+0.10−70–−35¢/BuJuly (N)7.0800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6400–5.8900/bu+0.10−20–+5¢/BuJuly (N)7.2200
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9200–6.1400/bu+0.10+8–+30¢/BuJuly (N)7.2700
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2800–4.4600/bu+0.10−80–−62¢/BuJuly (N)6.3625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4300–4.4800/bu+0.10−65–−60¢/BuJuly (N)6.4225
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4800–4.5300/bu+0.10−60–−55¢/BuJuly (N)6.4475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4800–4.7300/bu+0.10−60–−35¢/BuJuly (N)6.4975
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.9800–4.4800/bu+0.10−110–−60¢/BuJuly (N)6.2425
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.4000–7.0000/bu———7.8333
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2000–5.2300/bu+0.10−64–−61¢/BuJuly (N)6.9325
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6300–5.7400/bu+0.10−21–−10¢/BuJuly (N)7.2258
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9100–5.9400/bu+0.10+7–+10¢/BuJuly (N)7.3892
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3300–4.4500/bu+0.10−75–−63¢/BuJuly (N)6.3700
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3800–4.4700/bu+0.10−70–−61¢/BuJuly (N)6.4267
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4000–4.4700/bu+0.10−68–−61¢/BuJuly (N)6.4500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4400–4.4700/bu+0.10−64–−61¢/BuJuly (N)6.4967
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2300–4.4100/bu+0.10−85–−67¢/BuJuly (N)6.2567
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6300–5.1400/bu+0.10−121–−70¢/BuJuly (N)6.4750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9900–5.5400/bu+0.10−85–−30¢/BuJuly (N)6.8450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2300–5.9400/bu+0.10−61–+10¢/BuJuly (N)7.1550
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.5300–4.0800/bu+0.10−155–−100¢/BuJuly (N)5.8629
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.6800–4.1800/bu+0.10−140–−90¢/BuJuly (N)5.9071
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.7800–4.2300/bu+0.10−130–−85¢/BuJuly (N)5.9314
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.8775–4.3300/bu+0.09−135–−75¢/BuSeptember (U)5.9800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.2300–3.8800/bu+0.10−185–−120¢/BuJuly (N)5.7757
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5000–6.9000/bu———7.8750
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.