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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Tue, Dec 16
● Bids as filed54 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8300–5.1300/bu+0.04−82–−52¢/BuMarch (H)5.3300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1500–5.4500/bu+0.04−50–−20¢/BuMarch (H)5.6233
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2300–5.7500/bu+0.04−42–+10¢/BuMarch (H)5.7300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0500–4.4300/bu+0.07−100–−62¢/BuMarch (H)4.9150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1000–4.5300/bu+0.07−95–−52¢/BuMarch (H)4.9850
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2000–4.5800/bu+0.07−85–−47¢/BuMarch (H)4.9983
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3000–4.6800/bu+0.07−75–−37¢/BuMarch (H)5.0250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.8500–4.2300/bu+0.07−120–−82¢/BuMarch (H)4.7750
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0800–5.2300/bu+0.04−57–−42¢/BuMarch (H)5.7800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4800–5.5500/bu+0.04−17–−10¢/BuMarch (H)5.9667
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7500–5.8700/bu+0.04+10–+22¢/BuMarch (H)6.0467
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3500–4.4500/bu+0.07−70–−60¢/BuMarch (H)5.0417
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4500–4.5500/bu+0.07−60–−50¢/BuMarch (H)5.0950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5000–4.6000/bu+0.07−55–−45¢/BuMarch (H)5.1117
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6000–4.7000/bu+0.07−45–−35¢/BuMarch (H)5.1450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1500–4.2500/bu+0.07−90–−80¢/BuMarch (H)4.9350
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4000/bu———5.7500
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7000–5.1300/bu+0.04−95–−52¢/BuMarch (H)5.9100
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3000–5.5300/bu+0.04−35–−12¢/BuMarch (H)6.0500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7000–5.8100/bu+0.04+5–+16¢/BuMarch (H)6.1000
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1900–4.3600/bu+0.21−86–−69¢/BuMarch (H)5.0400
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2900–4.4600/bu+0.21−76–−59¢/BuMarch (H)5.1000
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3400–4.5100/bu+0.21−71–−54¢/BuMarch (H)5.1250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4400–4.6100/bu+0.21−61–−44¢/BuMarch (H)5.1750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.9900–4.1600/bu+0.21−106–−89¢/BuMarch (H)4.9200
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4000–7.0000/bu———6.3333
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0400–5.1300/bu+0.04−61–−52¢/BuMarch (H)5.7200
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4400–5.4500/bu+0.04−21–−20¢/BuMarch (H)6.0133
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6500–5.7200/bu+0.040–+7¢/BuMarch (H)6.1600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3500–4.4500/bu+0.07−70–−60¢/BuMarch (H)5.0350
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4000–4.5500/bu+0.07−65–−50¢/BuMarch (H)5.0917
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4200–4.6000/bu+0.07−63–−45¢/BuMarch (H)5.1150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4600–4.7000/bu+0.07−59–−35¢/BuMarch (H)5.1617
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2100–4.2500/bu+0.07−84–−80¢/BuMarch (H)4.9217
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5000/bu————
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4800–4.8800/bu+0.04−117–−77¢/BuMarch (H)5.1557
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8000–5.2500/bu+0.04−85–−40¢/BuMarch (H)5.5214
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0400–5.6500/bu+0.04−61–0¢/BuMarch (H)5.8300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.6500–4.1000/bu+0.07−140–−95¢/BuMarch (H)4.6083
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.8000–4.2000/bu+0.07−125–−85¢/BuMarch (H)4.7250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.9000–4.3000/bu+0.07−115–−75¢/BuMarch (H)4.8000
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1000–4.5000/bu+0.07−95–−55¢/BuMarch (H)4.9500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.3500–3.9000/bu+0.07−170–−115¢/BuMarch (H)4.3750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3700–5.9000/bu———6.3125
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7900/bu+0.04−86¢/BuMarch (H)5.2000
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1500/bu+0.04−50¢/BuMarch (H)5.6000
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3900/bu+0.04−26¢/BuMarch (H)5.9200
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0000/bu+0.07−105¢/BuMarch (H)4.6750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1500/bu+0.07−90¢/BuMarch (H)4.8250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2500/bu+0.07−80¢/BuMarch (H)4.9250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4500/bu+0.07−60¢/BuMarch (H)5.1250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.7000/bu+0.07−135¢/BuMarch (H)4.3750

Barley

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.2900/bu+0.04——3.5000
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.