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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Fri, Aug 29
● Bids as filed53 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8225/bu+0.04−77¢/BuSeptember (U)4.8225
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2225/bu+0.04−37¢/BuSeptember (U)5.1158
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5425/bu+0.04−5¢/BuSeptember (U)5.2225
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1675–4.4175/bu+0.06−103–−78¢/BuDecember (Z)4.7867
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2175–4.5175/bu+0.04−98–−68¢/BuDecember (Z)4.8567
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3175–4.5675/bu+0.06−88–−63¢/BuDecember (Z)4.8700
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4175–4.6675/bu+0.06−78–−53¢/BuDecember (Z)4.8967
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.9675–4.2175/bu+0.06−123–−98¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6467
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8500–5.0000/bu+0.03−95–−80¢/BuDecember (Z)5.0258
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2500–5.3225/bu+0.03−55–−27¢/BuDecember (Z)5.2125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5200–5.6425/bu+0.03−28–+5¢/BuDecember (Z)5.2925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2675–4.2975/bu+0.04−93–−90¢/BuDecember (Z)4.8467
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3675–4.3975/bu+0.04−83–−80¢/BuDecember (Z)4.9000
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4175–4.4475/bu+0.04−78–−75¢/BuDecember (Z)4.9167
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5175–4.5475/bu+0.04−68–−65¢/BuDecember (Z)4.9500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0675–4.0975/bu+0.04−113–−110¢/BuDecember (Z)4.7400
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5500/bu———6.2500
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6925–4.9500/bu+0.04−90–−85¢/BuSeptember (U)5.1881
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2700–5.3500/bu+0.03−53–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)5.3281
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5500–5.6925/bu+0.03−25–+10¢/BuDecember (Z)5.3781
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2475–4.2975/bu+0.04−95–−90¢/BuDecember (Z)4.9356
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3475–4.3975/bu+0.04−85–−80¢/BuDecember (Z)4.9956
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3975–4.4475/bu+0.04−80–−75¢/BuDecember (Z)5.0206
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4975–4.5475/bu+0.04−70–−65¢/BuDecember (Z)5.0706
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0475–4.0975/bu+0.04−115–−110¢/BuDecember (Z)4.8156
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5500–7.0000/bu———6.7500
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8425–4.9000/bu+0.04−75–−90¢/BuSeptember (U)4.9458
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2200–5.2600/bu+0.03−58–−54¢/BuDecember (Z)5.2392
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4200–5.5400/bu+0.03−38–−26¢/BuDecember (Z)5.3858
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1675–4.2375/bu+0.04−103–−96¢/BuDecember (Z)4.8600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2175–4.3375/bu+0.04−98–−86¢/BuDecember (Z)4.9167
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2375–4.3875/bu+0.04−96–−81¢/BuDecember (Z)4.9400
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2775–4.4875/bu+0.04−92–−71¢/BuDecember (Z)4.9867
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.9875–4.0675/bu+0.06−94–−113¢/BuSeptember (U)4.7467
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2925–4.7900/bu+0.04−130–−101¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4893
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6925–5.1500/bu+0.04−90–−65¢/BuSeptember (U)4.8550
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9725–5.5500/bu+0.04−62–−25¢/BuSeptember (U)5.1207
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.4975–3.9975/bu+0.04−170–−120¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3525
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.6475–4.0975/bu+0.04−155–−110¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4025
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.7475–4.1475/bu+0.04−145–−105¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4308
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.9475–4.3475/bu+0.04−125–−85¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4875
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.1975–3.7975/bu+0.04−200–−140¢/BuDecember (Z)4.2525
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0000/bu————
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3700–6.0500/bu———6.3125
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6900/bu+0.03−111¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5550
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0500/bu+0.03−75¢/BuDecember (Z)4.9550
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2900/bu+0.03−51¢/BuDecember (Z)5.2750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.8975/bu+0.04−130¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4025
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0475/bu+0.04−115¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4525
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1475/bu+0.04−105¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4825
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3475/bu+0.04−85¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5425
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.5975/bu+0.04−160¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3025

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.