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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Mon, Mar 16
● Bids as filed54 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4200/bu+0.12−92¢/BuMay (K)5.4800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8200/bu+0.12−52¢/BuMay (K)5.7200
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1400/bu+0.12−20¢/BuMay (K)5.8800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9050–5.3050/bu+0.14−126–−86¢/BuMay (K)4.8183
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0050–5.4050/bu+0.14−116–−76¢/BuMay (K)5.1183
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0550–5.4550/bu+0.14−111–−71¢/BuMay (K)5.2283
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1550–5.5550/bu+0.14−101–−61¢/BuMay (K)5.4483
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7050–5.1050/bu+0.14−146–−106¢/BuMay (K)4.2183
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4100–5.5400/bu+0.12−93–−80¢/BuMay (K)5.4433
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8100–5.9400/bu+0.12−53–−40¢/BuMay (K)5.8167
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0400–6.2600/bu+0.17−30–−8¢/BuMay (K)6.0833
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3150–5.3850/bu+0.09−85–−78¢/BuMay (K)5.2183
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4150–5.4850/bu+0.09−75–−68¢/BuMay (K)5.2917
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4650–5.5350/bu+0.09−70–−63¢/BuMay (K)5.3250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5650–5.6350/bu+0.09−60–−53¢/BuMay (K)5.3917
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1150–5.1850/bu+0.09−105–−98¢/BuMay (K)5.0717
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4000/bu———6.2500
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1400–5.4900/bu+0.12−120–−85¢/BuMay (K)5.3525
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7400–5.8900/bu+0.12−60–−45¢/BuMay (K)5.8025
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0700–6.1700/bu+0.12−27–−17¢/BuMay (K)6.1025
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1650–5.4150/bu+0.14−100–−75¢/BuMay (K)5.2200
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2650–5.5150/bu+0.14−90–−65¢/BuMay (K)5.3050
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3150–5.5650/bu+0.14−85–−60¢/BuMay (K)5.3425
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4150–5.6650/bu+0.14−75–−50¢/BuMay (K)5.4175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9650–5.2150/bu+0.14−120–−95¢/BuMay (K)5.0500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4000–7.0000/bu———6.5000
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3900–5.4400/bu+0.12−95–−90¢/BuMay (K)5.3533
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7400–5.8400/bu+0.17−60–−50¢/BuMay (K)5.7267
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9400–6.0800/bu+0.17−40–−26¢/BuMay (K)5.9667
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2650–5.3350/bu+0.16−90–−83¢/BuMay (K)5.1650
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3150–5.4350/bu+0.19−85–−73¢/BuMay (K)5.2217
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3350–5.4850/bu+0.19−83–−68¢/BuMay (K)5.2450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3750–5.5850/bu+0.19−79–−58¢/BuMay (K)5.2917
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1250–5.1650/bu+0.10−104–−100¢/BuMay (K)5.0517
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2500/bu————
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0000–5.5000/bu+0.17−134–−84¢/BuMay (K)4.9300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2400–5.7400/bu+0.17−110–−60¢/BuMay (K)5.3071
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4400–6.1400/bu+0.17−90–−20¢/BuMay (K)5.5986
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5650–5.0650/bu+0.14−160–−110¢/BuMay (K)4.8383
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7150–5.2150/bu+0.14−145–−95¢/BuMay (K)4.9717
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8150–5.3150/bu+0.14−135–−85¢/BuMay (K)5.0550
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0150–5.5150/bu+0.14−115–−65¢/BuMay (K)5.2217
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2650–4.8650/bu+0.14−190–−130¢/BuMay (K)4.5717
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5000–5.9500/bu———6.6875
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4500/bu+0.17−89¢/BuMay (K)4.9900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6900/bu+0.17−65¢/BuMay (K)5.3500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8900/bu+0.17−45¢/BuMay (K)5.5900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0150/bu+0.14−115¢/BuMay (K)4.9550
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1650/bu+0.14−100¢/BuMay (K)5.1050
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2650/bu+0.14−90¢/BuMay (K)5.2050
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4650/bu+0.14−70¢/BuMay (K)5.4050
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7150/bu+0.14−145¢/BuMay (K)4.6550

Barley

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4800/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.