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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Fri, Jan 2
● Bids as filed54 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8875–5.1875/bu+0.03−82–−52¢/BuMarch (H)5.1575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2075–5.5375/bu+0.03−50–−17¢/BuMarch (H)5.4508
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2875–5.8575/bu+0.03−42–+15¢/BuMarch (H)5.5575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1500–4.5900/bu+0.00−100–−56¢/BuMarch (H)4.7300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2000–4.6900/bu+0.00−95–−46¢/BuMarch (H)4.8000
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3000–4.7400/bu+0.00−85–−41¢/BuMarch (H)4.8133
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4000–4.8400/bu+0.00−75–−31¢/BuMarch (H)4.8400
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.9500–4.3900/bu+0.00−120–−76¢/BuMarch (H)4.5900
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1375–5.2875/bu+0.03−57–−42¢/BuMarch (H)5.7408
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5375–5.6075/bu+0.03−17–−10¢/BuMarch (H)5.9275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7075–5.9275/bu+0.080–+22¢/BuMarch (H)6.0075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4500–4.5500/bu+0.00−70–−60¢/BuMarch (H)4.9600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5500–4.6500/bu+0.00−60–−50¢/BuMarch (H)5.0133
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6000–4.7000/bu+0.00−55–−45¢/BuMarch (H)5.0300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7000–4.8000/bu+0.00−45–−35¢/BuMarch (H)5.0633
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2500–4.3500/bu+0.00−90–−80¢/BuMarch (H)4.8533
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2500/bu———5.7500
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7575–5.1875/bu+0.03−95–−52¢/BuMarch (H)5.7875
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3575–5.5875/bu+0.03−35–−12¢/BuMarch (H)5.9275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7575–5.8675/bu+0.03+5–+16¢/BuMarch (H)5.9775
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2900–4.5500/bu+0.00−86–−60¢/BuMarch (H)4.9800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3900–4.6500/bu+0.00−76–−50¢/BuMarch (H)5.0400
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4400–4.7000/bu+0.00−71–−45¢/BuMarch (H)5.0650
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5400–4.8000/bu+0.00−61–−35¢/BuMarch (H)5.1150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0900–4.3500/bu+0.00−106–−80¢/BuMarch (H)4.8600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2500–7.0000/bu———6.5000
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0975–5.1575/bu+0.03−61–−55¢/BuMarch (H)5.5975
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4575–5.5575/bu+0.03−25–−15¢/BuMarch (H)5.8908
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6575–5.7975/bu+0.03−5–+9¢/BuMarch (H)6.0375
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4500–4.6100/bu+0.00−70–−54¢/BuMarch (H)4.9033
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5000–4.7100/bu+0.00−65–−44¢/BuMarch (H)4.9600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5200–4.7600/bu+0.00−63–−39¢/BuMarch (H)4.9833
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5600–4.8600/bu+0.00−59–−29¢/BuMarch (H)5.0300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3500–4.4100/bu+0.00−80–−74¢/BuMarch (H)4.7900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5000/bu————
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5375–4.9375/bu+0.03−117–−77¢/BuMarch (H)5.0332
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8575–5.3075/bu+0.03−85–−40¢/BuMarch (H)5.3989
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0975–5.7075/bu+0.03−61–0¢/BuMarch (H)5.7075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.7500–4.2000/bu+0.00−140–−95¢/BuMarch (H)4.4317
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.9000–4.3000/bu+0.00−125–−85¢/BuMarch (H)4.5483
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0000–4.4000/bu+0.00−115–−75¢/BuMarch (H)4.6233
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2000–4.6000/bu+0.00−95–−55¢/BuMarch (H)4.7733
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.4500–4.0000/bu+0.00−170–−115¢/BuMarch (H)4.1983
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3700–5.7500/bu———6.2500
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8475/bu+0.03−86¢/BuMarch (H)5.1275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2075/bu+0.03−50¢/BuMarch (H)5.5275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4475/bu+0.03−26¢/BuMarch (H)5.8475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1000/bu+0.00−105¢/BuMarch (H)4.4900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2500/bu+0.00−90¢/BuMarch (H)4.6400
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3500/bu+0.00−80¢/BuMarch (H)4.7400
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5500/bu+0.00−60¢/BuMarch (H)4.9400
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered3.8000/bu+0.00−135¢/BuMarch (H)4.1900

Barley

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