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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Thu, Oct 16
● Bids as filed53 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5750–4.8750/bu+0.02−92–−62¢/BuDecember (Z)5.5008
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8950–5.1950/bu+0.02−60–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)5.7942
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9750–5.3450/bu+0.02−52–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)5.9008
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.8375–4.0875/bu+0.01−105–−80¢/BuDecember (Z)5.3500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.8875–4.1875/bu+0.01−100–−70¢/BuDecember (Z)5.4200
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.9875–4.2375/bu+0.01−90–−65¢/BuDecember (Z)5.4333
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0875–4.3375/bu+0.01−80–−55¢/BuDecember (Z)5.4600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.6375–3.8875/bu+0.01−125–−100¢/BuDecember (Z)5.2100
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6950–4.8250/bu+0.02−80–−67¢/BuDecember (Z)5.8175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0950–5.1450/bu+0.02−40–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)6.0042
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3450–5.4650/bu+0.02−15–−3¢/BuDecember (Z)6.0842
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1875–4.2575/bu+0.01−70–−63¢/BuDecember (Z)5.4033
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2875–4.3575/bu+0.01−60–−53¢/BuDecember (Z)5.4567
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3375–4.4075/bu+0.01−55–−48¢/BuDecember (Z)5.4733
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4375–4.5075/bu+0.01−45–−38¢/BuDecember (Z)5.5067
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.9875–4.0575/bu+0.01−90–−83¢/BuDecember (Z)5.2967
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0000/bu———6.2500
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4950–4.8450/bu+0.02−100–−65¢/BuDecember (Z)5.9350
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0950–5.2450/bu+0.02−40–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)6.0750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4450–5.5250/bu+0.02−5–+3¢/BuDecember (Z)6.1250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1375–4.2375/bu+0.01−75–−65¢/BuDecember (Z)5.3975
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2375–4.3375/bu+0.01−65–−55¢/BuDecember (Z)5.4575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2875–4.3875/bu+0.01−60–−50¢/BuDecember (Z)5.4825
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3875–4.4875/bu+0.01−50–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)5.5325
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.9375–4.0375/bu+0.01−95–−85¢/BuDecember (Z)5.2775
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0000–7.0000/bu———6.7500
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6450–4.7550/bu+0.02−85–−74¢/BuDecember (Z)5.7475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0450–5.1550/bu+0.02−45–−34¢/BuDecember (Z)6.0408
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2450–5.4350/bu+0.02−25–−6¢/BuDecember (Z)6.2375
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0975–4.2175/bu+0.01−79–−67¢/BuDecember (Z)5.4033
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1875–4.3175/bu+0.01−70–−57¢/BuDecember (Z)5.4600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2075–4.3675/bu+0.01−68–−52¢/BuDecember (Z)5.4833
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2475–4.4675/bu+0.01−64–−42¢/BuDecember (Z)5.5300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.8975–4.0375/bu+0.01−99–−85¢/BuDecember (Z)5.2900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5000/bu————
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0850–4.5450/bu+0.02−141–−95¢/BuDecember (Z)5.1800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4450–4.9450/bu+0.02−105–−55¢/BuDecember (Z)5.5500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6850–5.3450/bu+0.02−81–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)5.8600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.1375–3.8875/bu+0.01−175–−100¢/BuDecember (Z)4.9386
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.2875–3.9875/bu+0.01−160–−90¢/BuDecember (Z)5.0600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.3875–4.0375/bu+0.01−150–−85¢/BuDecember (Z)5.1386
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.5875–4.1375/bu+0.01−130–−75¢/BuDecember (Z)5.2957
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered2.8375–3.6875/bu+0.01−205–−120¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6957
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3700–5.7500/bu———6.4625
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4350/bu+0.02−106¢/BuDecember (Z)5.3875
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7950/bu+0.02−70¢/BuDecember (Z)5.7875
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0350/bu+0.02−46¢/BuDecember (Z)6.1075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.5375/bu+0.01−135¢/BuDecember (Z)5.0600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.6875/bu+0.01−120¢/BuDecember (Z)5.2100
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.7875/bu+0.01−110¢/BuDecember (Z)5.3100
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.9875/bu+0.01−90¢/BuDecember (Z)5.5100
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.2375/bu+0.01−165¢/BuDecember (Z)4.7600

Barley

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered2.7500/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.