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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Tue, Mar 17
● Bids as filed54 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3225/bu+0.10−92¢/BuMay (K)5.4700
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7225/bu+0.10−52¢/BuMay (K)5.7100
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0425/bu+0.10−20¢/BuMay (K)5.8700
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8075–5.2075/bu+0.10−126–−86¢/BuMay (K)4.8258
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9075–5.3075/bu+0.10−116–−76¢/BuMay (K)5.1258
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9575–5.3575/bu+0.10−111–−71¢/BuMay (K)5.2358
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0575–5.4575/bu+0.10−101–−61¢/BuMay (K)5.4558
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6075–5.0075/bu+0.10−146–−106¢/BuMay (K)4.2258
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3125–5.4425/bu+0.10−93–−80¢/BuMay (K)5.4333
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7125–5.8425/bu+0.10−53–−40¢/BuMay (K)5.8067
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9425–6.1625/bu+0.10−30–−8¢/BuMay (K)6.0733
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2175–5.2875/bu+0.10−85–−78¢/BuMay (K)5.2258
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3175–5.3875/bu+0.10−75–−68¢/BuMay (K)5.2992
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3675–5.4375/bu+0.10−70–−63¢/BuMay (K)5.3325
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4675–5.5375/bu+0.10−60–−53¢/BuMay (K)5.3992
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0175–5.0875/bu+0.10−105–−98¢/BuMay (K)5.0792
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4000/bu———6.2500
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0425–5.3925/bu+0.10−120–−85¢/BuMay (K)5.3425
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6425–5.7925/bu+0.10−60–−45¢/BuMay (K)5.7925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9725–6.0725/bu+0.10−27–−17¢/BuMay (K)6.0925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0675–5.3175/bu+0.10−100–−75¢/BuMay (K)5.2275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1675–5.4175/bu+0.10−90–−65¢/BuMay (K)5.3125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2175–5.4675/bu+0.10−85–−60¢/BuMay (K)5.3500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3175–5.5675/bu+0.10−75–−50¢/BuMay (K)5.4250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8675–5.1175/bu+0.10−120–−95¢/BuMay (K)5.0575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4000–7.0000/bu———6.5000
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2925–5.3425/bu+0.10−95–−90¢/BuMay (K)5.3433
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6425–5.7425/bu+0.10−60–−50¢/BuMay (K)5.7167
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8425–5.9825/bu+0.10−40–−26¢/BuMay (K)5.9567
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1675–5.2375/bu+0.10−90–−83¢/BuMay (K)5.1725
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2175–5.3375/bu+0.10−85–−73¢/BuMay (K)5.2292
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2375–5.3875/bu+0.10−83–−68¢/BuMay (K)5.2525
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2775–5.4875/bu+0.10−79–−58¢/BuMay (K)5.2992
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0275–5.0675/bu+0.10−104–−100¢/BuMay (K)5.0592
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2500/bu————
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9025–5.4025/bu+0.10−134–−84¢/BuMay (K)4.9200
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1425–5.6425/bu+0.10−110–−60¢/BuMay (K)5.2971
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3425–6.0425/bu+0.10−90–−20¢/BuMay (K)5.5886
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4675–4.9675/bu+0.10−160–−110¢/BuMay (K)4.8458
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6175–5.1175/bu+0.10−145–−95¢/BuMay (K)4.9792
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7175–5.2175/bu+0.10−135–−85¢/BuMay (K)5.0625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9175–5.4175/bu+0.10−115–−65¢/BuMay (K)5.2292
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1675–4.7675/bu+0.10−190–−130¢/BuMay (K)4.5792
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5000–5.9500/bu———6.6875
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3525/bu+0.10−89¢/BuMay (K)4.9800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5925/bu+0.10−65¢/BuMay (K)5.3400
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7925/bu+0.10−45¢/BuMay (K)5.5800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9175/bu+0.10−115¢/BuMay (K)4.9625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0675/bu+0.10−100¢/BuMay (K)5.1125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1675/bu+0.10−90¢/BuMay (K)5.2125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3675/bu+0.10−70¢/BuMay (K)5.4125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6175/bu+0.10−145¢/BuMay (K)4.6625

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.