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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Mon, Aug 18
● Bids as filed51 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9075/bu+0.02−77¢/BuSeptember (U)4.9125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3075/bu+0.02−37¢/BuSeptember (U)5.2058
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6275/bu+0.02−5¢/BuSeptember (U)5.3125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0125–4.3025/bu+0.01−105–−76¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6042
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0625–4.4025/bu+0.01−100–−66¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6742
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1625–4.4525/bu+0.01−90–−61¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6875
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2625–4.5525/bu+0.01−80–−51¢/BuSeptember (U)4.7142
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.8125–4.1025/bu+0.01−125–−96¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4642
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8775–5.0875/bu+0.02−80–−59¢/BuSeptember (U)4.9558
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2775–5.4075/bu+0.02−40–−27¢/BuSeptember (U)5.1425
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5575–5.7275/bu+0.02−12–+5¢/BuSeptember (U)5.2225
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3625–4.4325/bu+0.01−70–−63¢/BuSeptember (U)4.5942
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4625–4.5325/bu+0.01−60–−53¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5125–4.5825/bu+0.01−55–−48¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6642
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6125–4.6825/bu+0.01−45–−38¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6975
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1625–4.2325/bu+0.01−90–−83¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4875
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7775–4.9775/bu+0.02−90–−70¢/BuSeptember (U)5.1650
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2975–5.3775/bu+0.02−38–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)5.3050
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5775–5.7775/bu+0.02−10–+10¢/BuSeptember (U)5.3550
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2125–4.4325/bu+0.01−85–−63¢/BuSeptember (U)4.7225
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3125–4.5325/bu+0.01−75–−53¢/BuSeptember (U)4.7825
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3625–4.5825/bu+0.01−70–−48¢/BuSeptember (U)4.8075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4625–4.6825/bu+0.01−60–−38¢/BuSeptember (U)4.8575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0125–4.2325/bu+0.01−105–−83¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6025
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered7.0000/bu———6.4167
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8875–4.9875/bu+0.02−79–−69¢/BuSeptember (U)4.9025
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2875–5.3275/bu+0.02−39–−35¢/BuSeptember (U)5.1958
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5075–5.5675/bu+0.02−17–−11¢/BuSeptember (U)5.5092
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2625–4.3225/bu+0.01−80–−74¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3125–4.4225/bu+0.01−75–−64¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6642
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3325–4.4725/bu+0.01−73–−59¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6875
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3725–4.5725/bu+0.01−69–−49¢/BuSeptember (U)4.7342
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1025–4.1625/bu+0.01−96–−90¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4942
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3175–4.7175/bu+0.02−136–−96¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4463
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6775–5.0775/bu+0.02−100–−60¢/BuSeptember (U)4.8163
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9175–5.4775/bu+0.02−76–−20¢/BuSeptember (U)5.1263
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.4625–4.1125/bu+0.01−160–−95¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1146
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.6125–4.2125/bu+0.01−145–−85¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1646
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.7125–4.2625/bu+0.01−135–−80¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1932
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.9125–4.3625/bu+0.01−115–−70¢/BuSeptember (U)4.2504
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.1625–3.9125/bu+0.01−190–−115¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0146
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6200–6.0000/bu———6.2500
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6175/bu+0.02−106¢/BuSeptember (U)4.5225
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.8625/bu+0.01−120¢/BuSeptember (U)4.2575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9775/bu+0.02−70¢/BuSeptember (U)4.9225
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2175/bu+0.02−46¢/BuSeptember (U)5.2425
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0125/bu+0.01−105¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1125/bu+0.01−95¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3375
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3125/bu+0.01−75¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3975
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.5625/bu+0.01−150¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1575

Barley

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.0000/bu————
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.