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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Thu, Sep 18
● Bids as filed54 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8475/bu+0.02−87¢/BuDecember (Z)5.0908
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2475/bu+0.02−47¢/BuDecember (Z)5.3842
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5675/bu+0.02−15¢/BuDecember (Z)5.4908
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.9000–4.1500/bu+0.06−120–−95¢/BuDecember (Z)4.8183
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.9500–4.2500/bu+0.06−115–−85¢/BuDecember (Z)4.8883
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0500–4.3000/bu+0.06−105–−80¢/BuDecember (Z)4.9017
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1500–4.4000/bu+0.06−95–−70¢/BuDecember (Z)4.9283
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.7000–3.9500/bu+0.06−140–−115¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6783
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8175–4.9675/bu+0.02−90–−75¢/BuDecember (Z)5.2442
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2175–5.2875/bu+0.02−50–−43¢/BuDecember (Z)5.4308
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4875–5.5875/bu+0.02−23–−13¢/BuDecember (Z)5.5108
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2000–4.2700/bu+0.06−90–−83¢/BuDecember (Z)4.9250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3000–4.3700/bu+0.06−80–−73¢/BuDecember (Z)4.9783
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3500–4.4200/bu+0.06−75–−68¢/BuDecember (Z)4.9950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4500–4.5200/bu+0.06−65–−58¢/BuDecember (Z)5.0283
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0000–4.0700/bu+0.06−110–−103¢/BuDecember (Z)4.8183
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0000/bu———6.5000
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6175–4.8675/bu+0.02−110–−85¢/BuDecember (Z)5.4525
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1875–5.2675/bu+0.02−53–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)5.5925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4675–5.6175/bu+0.02−25–−10¢/BuDecember (Z)5.6425
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2000–4.2800/bu+0.06−90–−82¢/BuDecember (Z)4.9750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3000–4.3800/bu+0.06−80–−72¢/BuDecember (Z)5.0350
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3500–4.4300/bu+0.06−75–−67¢/BuDecember (Z)5.0600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4500–4.5300/bu+0.06−65–−57¢/BuDecember (Z)5.1100
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0000–4.0800/bu+0.06−110–−102¢/BuDecember (Z)4.8550
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0000–7.0000/bu———6.7500
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7775–4.8675/bu+0.02−94–−85¢/BuDecember (Z)5.1275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1775–5.2675/bu+0.02−54–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)5.4208
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3875–5.5075/bu+0.02−33–−21¢/BuDecember (Z)5.5675
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1600–4.2300/bu+0.06−94–−87¢/BuDecember (Z)4.9517
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2600–4.3300/bu+0.06−84–−77¢/BuDecember (Z)5.0083
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2900–4.3800/bu+0.06−81–−72¢/BuDecember (Z)5.0317
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3300–4.4800/bu+0.06−77–−62¢/BuDecember (Z)5.0783
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.9600–4.1200/bu+0.06−114–−98¢/BuDecember (Z)4.8383
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2500/bu————
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2275–4.7075/bu+0.02−149–−101¢/BuDecember (Z)4.8013
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5875–5.0675/bu+0.02−113–−65¢/BuDecember (Z)5.1588
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8275–5.4675/bu+0.02−89–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)5.4813
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.4000–3.9500/bu+0.06−170–−115¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4307
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.5500–4.0500/bu+0.06−155–−105¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4807
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.6500–4.1000/bu+0.06−145–−100¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5093
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.8500–4.2500/bu+0.06−125–−85¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5664
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.1000–3.7500/bu+0.06−200–−135¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3307
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0000/bu————
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3700–5.7500/bu———6.3125
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6075/bu+0.02−111¢/BuDecember (Z)4.9275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9675/bu+0.02−75¢/BuDecember (Z)6.0075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2075/bu+0.02−51¢/BuDecember (Z)5.6475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.8000/bu+0.06−130¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.9500/bu+0.06−115¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0500/bu+0.06−105¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2500/bu+0.06−85¢/BuDecember (Z)4.7350
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.5000/bu+0.06−160¢/BuDecember (Z)4.4950

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.