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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Thu, Mar 5
● Bids as filed54 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4250/bu+0.10−77¢/BuMay (K)5.2700
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8250/bu+0.10−37¢/BuMay (K)5.5100
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1450/bu+0.10−5¢/BuMay (K)5.6700
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7750–5.1150/bu+0.20−115–−81¢/BuMay (K)4.4408
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8750–5.2150/bu+0.20−105–−71¢/BuMay (K)4.7408
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9250–5.2650/bu+0.20−100–−66¢/BuMay (K)4.8508
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0250–5.3650/bu+0.20−90–−56¢/BuMay (K)5.0708
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5750–4.9150/bu+0.20−135–−101¢/BuMay (K)3.8408
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3850–5.4750/bu+0.10−81–−72¢/BuMay (K)5.1967
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7850–5.7950/bu+0.10−41–−40¢/BuMay (K)5.5700
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9950–6.1150/bu+0.10−20–−8¢/BuMay (K)5.8367
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1350–5.1950/bu+0.20−79–−73¢/BuMay (K)4.7042
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2350–5.2950/bu+0.20−69–−63¢/BuMay (K)4.7775
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2850–5.3450/bu+0.20−64–−58¢/BuMay (K)4.8108
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3850–5.4450/bu+0.20−54–−48¢/BuMay (K)4.8775
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9350–4.9950/bu+0.20−99–−93¢/BuMay (K)4.5575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2500/bu———6.5000
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2450–5.4950/bu+0.10−95–−70¢/BuMay (K)5.2025
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7250–5.8950/bu+0.10−47–−30¢/BuMay (K)5.5525
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0050–6.2450/bu+0.10−19–+5¢/BuMay (K)5.7925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1450–5.2250/bu+0.20−78–−70¢/BuMay (K)4.7225
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2450–5.3250/bu+0.20−68–−60¢/BuMay (K)4.7575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2950–5.3750/bu+0.20−63–−55¢/BuMay (K)4.7700
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3950–5.4750/bu+0.20−53–−45¢/BuMay (K)4.7950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9450–5.0250/bu+0.20−98–−90¢/BuMay (K)4.6525
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2500–7.0000/bu———6.6667
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3250–5.4450/bu+0.10−87–−75¢/BuMay (K)5.1233
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6950–5.8450/bu+0.10−50–−35¢/BuMay (K)5.4967
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8450–6.0850/bu+0.10−35–−11¢/BuMay (K)5.7367
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1250–5.1450/bu+0.19−80–−78¢/BuMay (K)4.6675
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1750–5.2450/bu+0.15−75–−68¢/BuMay (K)4.7242
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1950–5.2950/bu+0.15−73–−63¢/BuMay (K)4.7475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2350–5.3950/bu+0.15−69–−53¢/BuMay (K)4.7942
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9350–5.0250/bu+0.20−99–−90¢/BuMay (K)4.5542
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2500/bu————
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9350–5.4350/bu+0.10−126–−76¢/BuMay (K)4.7086
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1750–5.7450/bu+0.10−102–−45¢/BuMay (K)5.0971
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3750–6.1450/bu+0.10−82–−5¢/BuMay (K)5.4000
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3250–4.9250/bu+0.20−160–−100¢/BuMay (K)4.3908
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4750–5.0250/bu+0.20−145–−90¢/BuMay (K)4.5075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5750–5.0750/bu+0.20−135–−85¢/BuMay (K)4.5825
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7750–5.2750/bu+0.20−115–−65¢/BuMay (K)4.7325
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0250–4.7250/bu+0.20−190–−120¢/BuMay (K)4.1575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5000–5.7500/bu———6.8750
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3850/bu+0.10−81¢/BuMay (K)4.7800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6250/bu+0.10−57¢/BuMay (K)5.1400
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8250/bu+0.10−37¢/BuMay (K)5.3800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7750/bu+0.20−115¢/BuMay (K)4.5575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9250/bu+0.20−100¢/BuMay (K)4.7075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0250/bu+0.20−90¢/BuMay (K)4.8075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2250/bu+0.20−70¢/BuMay (K)5.0075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4750/bu+0.20−145¢/BuMay (K)4.2575

Barley

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4400/bu———3.0000
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered2.6000/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.