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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Tue, Nov 18
● Bids as filed54 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9075–5.2575/bu+0.09−92–−57¢/BuDecember (Z)5.1675
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2275–5.6575/bu+0.09−60–−17¢/BuDecember (Z)5.4608
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3075–5.9775/bu+0.09−52–+15¢/BuDecember (Z)5.5675
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3625–4.7225/bu+0.03−90–−54¢/BuDecember (Z)4.9292
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4125–4.8225/bu+0.03−85–−44¢/BuDecember (Z)4.9992
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5125–4.8725/bu+0.03−75–−39¢/BuDecember (Z)5.0125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6125–4.9725/bu+0.03−65–−29¢/BuDecember (Z)5.0392
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1625–4.5225/bu+0.03−110–−74¢/BuDecember (Z)4.7892
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2575–5.4575/bu+0.02−57–−37¢/BuDecember (Z)5.5975
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6575–5.7775/bu+0.02−17–−5¢/BuDecember (Z)5.7842
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9375–6.0975/bu+0.05+11–+27¢/BuDecember (Z)5.8642
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5625–4.7625/bu+0.18−70–−50¢/BuDecember (Z)5.0758
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6625–4.8625/bu+0.18−60–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)5.1292
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7125–4.9125/bu+0.18−55–−35¢/BuDecember (Z)5.1458
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8125–5.0125/bu+0.18−45–−25¢/BuDecember (Z)5.1792
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3625–4.5625/bu+0.18−90–−70¢/BuDecember (Z)4.9692
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3500/bu———6.2500
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9775–5.3075/bu+0.09−85–−52¢/BuDecember (Z)5.7400
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5775–5.7075/bu+0.09−25–−12¢/BuDecember (Z)5.8800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9075–5.9875/bu+0.07+8–+16¢/BuDecember (Z)5.9300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5325–4.7125/bu+0.14−73–−55¢/BuDecember (Z)5.0975
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6325–4.8125/bu+0.14−63–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)5.1575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6825–4.8625/bu+0.14−58–−40¢/BuDecember (Z)5.1825
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7825–4.9625/bu+0.14−48–−30¢/BuDecember (Z)5.2325
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3325–4.5125/bu+0.14−93–−75¢/BuDecember (Z)4.9775
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3500–7.0000/bu———6.6667
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2175–5.3575/bu+0.07−61–−47¢/BuDecember (Z)5.5208
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6175–5.6775/bu+0.07−21–−15¢/BuDecember (Z)5.8142
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8775–5.9175/bu+0.09+5–+9¢/BuDecember (Z)5.9608
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5825–4.7425/bu+0.16−68–−52¢/BuDecember (Z)5.0158
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6825–4.8425/bu+0.11−58–−42¢/BuDecember (Z)5.0725
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7325–4.8925/bu+0.08−53–−37¢/BuDecember (Z)5.0958
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8225–4.9925/bu+0.03−44–−27¢/BuDecember (Z)5.1425
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3825–4.6125/bu+0.19−88–−65¢/BuDecember (Z)4.9025
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5000/bu————
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6175–5.0175/bu+0.09−121–−81¢/BuDecember (Z)5.0913
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9775–5.3775/bu+0.09−85–−45¢/BuDecember (Z)5.4613
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2175–5.7775/bu+0.09−61–−5¢/BuDecember (Z)5.7713
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.5125–4.4125/bu+0.03−175–−85¢/BuDecember (Z)4.5611
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.6625–4.5125/bu+0.03−160–−75¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6825
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.7625–4.5625/bu+0.03−150–−70¢/BuDecember (Z)4.7611
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.9625–4.6625/bu+0.03−130–−60¢/BuDecember (Z)4.9182
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.2125–4.2125/bu+0.03−205–−105¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3182
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3700–5.8500/bu———6.4625
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9675/bu+0.09−86¢/BuDecember (Z)5.2175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3275/bu+0.09−50¢/BuDecember (Z)5.6175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5675/bu+0.09−26¢/BuDecember (Z)5.9375
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.9125/bu+0.03−135¢/BuDecember (Z)4.6825
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0625/bu+0.03−120¢/BuDecember (Z)4.8325
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1625/bu+0.03−110¢/BuDecember (Z)4.9325
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3625/bu+0.03−90¢/BuDecember (Z)5.1325
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.6125/bu+0.03−165¢/BuDecember (Z)4.3825

Barley

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.1000/bu———3.5500
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.