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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Wed, Aug 20
● Bids as filed51 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9300/bu+0.02−77¢/BuSeptember (U)4.8525
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3300/bu+0.02−37¢/BuSeptember (U)5.1458
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6500/bu+0.02−5¢/BuSeptember (U)5.2525
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.9575–4.2475/bu+0.01−105–−76¢/BuSeptember (U)4.5592
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0075–4.3475/bu+0.01−100–−66¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6292
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1075–4.3975/bu+0.01−90–−61¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6425
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2075–4.4975/bu+0.01−80–−51¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6692
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.7575–4.0475/bu+0.01−125–−96¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4192
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9000–5.1100/bu+0.02−80–−59¢/BuSeptember (U)4.8958
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3000–5.4300/bu+0.02−40–−27¢/BuSeptember (U)5.0825
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5800–5.7500/bu+0.02−12–+5¢/BuSeptember (U)5.1625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3075–4.3775/bu+0.01−70–−63¢/BuSeptember (U)4.5492
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4075–4.4775/bu+0.01−60–−53¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6025
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4575–4.5275/bu+0.01−55–−48¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6192
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5575–4.6275/bu+0.01−45–−38¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6525
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1075–4.1775/bu+0.01−90–−83¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4425
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8000–5.0000/bu+0.02−90–−70¢/BuSeptember (U)5.1050
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3200–5.4000/bu+0.02−38–−30¢/BuSeptember (U)5.2450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6000–5.8000/bu+0.02−10–+10¢/BuSeptember (U)5.2950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1575–4.3775/bu+0.01−85–−63¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6775
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2575–4.4775/bu+0.01−75–−53¢/BuSeptember (U)4.7375
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3075–4.5275/bu+0.01−70–−48¢/BuSeptember (U)4.7625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4075–4.6275/bu+0.01−60–−38¢/BuSeptember (U)4.8125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.9575–4.1775/bu+0.01−105–−83¢/BuSeptember (U)4.5575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered7.0000/bu———6.4167
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9100–5.0100/bu+0.02−79–−69¢/BuSeptember (U)4.8425
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3100–5.3500/bu+0.02−39–−35¢/BuSeptember (U)5.1358
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5300–5.5900/bu+0.02−17–−11¢/BuSeptember (U)5.4492
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2075–4.2675/bu+0.01−80–−74¢/BuSeptember (U)4.5625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2575–4.3675/bu+0.01−75–−64¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6192
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2775–4.4175/bu+0.01−73–−59¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6425
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3175–4.5175/bu+0.01−69–−49¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6892
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0475–4.1075/bu+0.01−96–−90¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4492
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3400–4.7400/bu+0.02−136–−96¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3863
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7000–5.1000/bu+0.02−100–−60¢/BuSeptember (U)4.7563
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9400–5.5000/bu+0.02−76–−20¢/BuSeptember (U)5.0663
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.4075–4.0575/bu+0.01−160–−95¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0696
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.5575–4.1575/bu+0.01−145–−85¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1196
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.6575–4.2075/bu+0.01−135–−80¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1482
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.8575–4.3075/bu+0.01−115–−70¢/BuSeptember (U)4.2054
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.1075–3.8575/bu+0.01−190–−115¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9696
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6200–6.0000/bu———6.2500
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6400/bu+0.02−106¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0000/bu+0.02−70¢/BuSeptember (U)4.8625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2400/bu+0.02−46¢/BuSeptember (U)5.1825
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.8075/bu+0.01−120¢/BuSeptember (U)4.2125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.9575/bu+0.01−105¢/BuSeptember (U)4.2625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0575/bu+0.01−95¢/BuSeptember (U)4.2925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2575/bu+0.01−75¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3525
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.5075/bu+0.01−150¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1125

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.