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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Fri, Mar 6
● Bids as filed54 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6600/bu+0.24−77¢/BuMay (K)5.2575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0600/bu+0.24−37¢/BuMay (K)5.4975
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3800/bu+0.24−5¢/BuMay (K)5.6575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0850–5.4250/bu+0.31−115–−81¢/BuMay (K)4.4308
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1850–5.5250/bu+0.31−105–−71¢/BuMay (K)4.7308
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2350–5.5750/bu+0.31−100–−66¢/BuMay (K)4.8408
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3350–5.6750/bu+0.31−90–−56¢/BuMay (K)5.0608
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8850–5.2250/bu+0.31−135–−101¢/BuMay (K)3.8308
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5500–5.6600/bu+0.17−88–−77¢/BuMay (K)5.1842
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9500–6.0300/bu+0.17−48–−40¢/BuMay (K)5.5575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1800–6.3500/bu+0.19−25–−8¢/BuMay (K)5.8242
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3350–5.5050/bu+0.20−90–−73¢/BuMay (K)4.7108
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4350–5.6050/bu+0.20−80–−63¢/BuMay (K)4.7842
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4850–5.6550/bu+0.20−75–−58¢/BuMay (K)4.8175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5850–5.7550/bu+0.20−65–−48¢/BuMay (K)4.8842
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1350–5.3050/bu+0.20−110–−93¢/BuMay (K)4.5642
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2500/bu———6.5000
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4800–5.6300/bu+0.24−95–−80¢/BuMay (K)5.2150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9300–6.0800/bu+0.21−50–−35¢/BuMay (K)5.5650
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2100–6.4800/bu+0.21−22–+5¢/BuMay (K)5.8050
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3850–5.5350/bu+0.24−85–−70¢/BuMay (K)4.7375
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4850–5.6350/bu+0.24−75–−60¢/BuMay (K)4.7725
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5350–5.6850/bu+0.24−70–−55¢/BuMay (K)4.7850
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6350–5.7850/bu+0.24−60–−45¢/BuMay (K)4.8100
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1850–5.3350/bu+0.24−105–−90¢/BuMay (K)4.6675
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2500–7.0000/bu———6.6667
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5300–5.6800/bu+0.21−90–−75¢/BuMay (K)5.1108
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8800–6.0800/bu+0.19−55–−35¢/BuMay (K)5.4842
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0800–6.3200/bu+0.24−35–−11¢/BuMay (K)5.7242
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3850–5.4450/bu+0.26−85–−79¢/BuMay (K)4.6742
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4350–5.5450/bu+0.26−80–−69¢/BuMay (K)4.7308
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4550–5.5950/bu+0.26−78–−64¢/BuMay (K)4.7542
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4950–5.6950/bu+0.26−74–−54¢/BuMay (K)4.8008
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2050–5.2850/bu+0.27−103–−95¢/BuMay (K)4.5608
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2500/bu————
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1700–5.6700/bu+0.24−126–−76¢/BuMay (K)4.6961
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4100–5.9300/bu+0.24−102–−50¢/BuMay (K)5.0846
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6100–6.3300/bu+0.24−82–−10¢/BuMay (K)5.3875
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6350–5.2350/bu+0.31−160–−100¢/BuMay (K)4.3808
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7850–5.3350/bu+0.31−145–−90¢/BuMay (K)4.4975
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8850–5.3850/bu+0.31−135–−85¢/BuMay (K)4.5725
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0850–5.5850/bu+0.31−115–−65¢/BuMay (K)4.7225
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3350–5.0350/bu+0.31−190–−120¢/BuMay (K)4.1475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5000–5.7500/bu———6.8750
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6200/bu+0.24−81¢/BuMay (K)4.7675
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8600/bu+0.24−57¢/BuMay (K)5.1275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0600/bu+0.24−37¢/BuMay (K)5.3675
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0850/bu+0.31−115¢/BuMay (K)4.5475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2350/bu+0.31−100¢/BuMay (K)4.6975
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3350/bu+0.31−90¢/BuMay (K)4.7975
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5350/bu+0.31−70¢/BuMay (K)4.9975
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7850/bu+0.31−145¢/BuMay (K)4.2475

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.