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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Wed, Mar 18
● Bids as filed54 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5000–6.0000/bu———6.6875
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0325–5.5325/bu+0.13−134–−84¢/BuMay (K)4.9546
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2725–5.7725/bu+0.13−110–−60¢/BuMay (K)5.3318
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4725–6.1725/bu+0.13−90–−20¢/BuMay (K)5.6089
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6600–5.1600/bu+0.19−160–−110¢/BuMay (K)4.7308
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8100–5.3100/bu+0.19−145–−95¢/BuMay (K)4.8642
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9100–5.4100/bu+0.19−135–−85¢/BuMay (K)4.9475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1100–5.6100/bu+0.19−115–−65¢/BuMay (K)5.1142
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3600–4.9600/bu+0.19−190–−130¢/BuMay (K)4.4642
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4525/bu+0.13−92¢/BuMay (K)5.4475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8525/bu+0.13−52¢/BuMay (K)5.6875
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1725/bu+0.13−20¢/BuMay (K)5.8475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0000–5.4000/bu+0.19−126–−86¢/BuMay (K)4.7108
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1000–5.5000/bu+0.19−116–−76¢/BuMay (K)5.0108
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1500–5.5500/bu+0.19−111–−71¢/BuMay (K)5.1208
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2500–5.6500/bu+0.19−101–−61¢/BuMay (K)5.3408
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8000–5.2000/bu+0.19−146–−106¢/BuMay (K)4.1108
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4725–5.5725/bu+0.16−90–−80¢/BuMay (K)5.4108
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8725–5.9725/bu+0.16−50–−40¢/BuMay (K)5.7842
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0725–6.2925/bu+0.13−30–−8¢/BuMay (K)6.0508
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4100–5.4800/bu+0.19−85–−78¢/BuMay (K)5.1108
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5100–5.5800/bu+0.19−75–−68¢/BuMay (K)5.1842
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5600–5.6300/bu+0.19−70–−63¢/BuMay (K)5.2175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6600–5.7300/bu+0.19−60–−53¢/BuMay (K)5.2842
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2100–5.2800/bu+0.19−105–−98¢/BuMay (K)4.9642
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4000/bu———6.2500
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1725–5.5225/bu+0.13−120–−85¢/BuMay (K)5.3200
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7725–5.9225/bu+0.13−60–−45¢/BuMay (K)5.7700
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0525–6.2025/bu+0.08−32–−17¢/BuMay (K)6.0700
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2600–5.5100/bu+0.19−100–−75¢/BuMay (K)5.1175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3600–5.6100/bu+0.19−90–−65¢/BuMay (K)5.2025
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4100–5.6600/bu+0.19−85–−60¢/BuMay (K)5.2400
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5100–5.7600/bu+0.19−75–−50¢/BuMay (K)5.3150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0600–5.3100/bu+0.19−120–−95¢/BuMay (K)4.9475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4000–7.0000/bu———6.5000
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3725–5.4725/bu+0.08−100–−90¢/BuMay (K)5.3208
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7725–5.8725/bu+0.13−60–−50¢/BuMay (K)5.6942
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9725–6.1125/bu+0.13−40–−26¢/BuMay (K)5.9342
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3600–5.4300/bu+0.19−90–−83¢/BuMay (K)5.0575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4100–5.5300/bu+0.19−85–−73¢/BuMay (K)5.1142
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4300–5.5800/bu+0.19−83–−68¢/BuMay (K)5.1375
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4700–5.6800/bu+0.19−79–−58¢/BuMay (K)5.1842
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2200–5.2600/bu+0.19−104–−100¢/BuMay (K)4.9442
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2500/bu————
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4825/bu+0.13−89¢/BuMay (K)4.9575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7225/bu+0.13−65¢/BuMay (K)5.3175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9225/bu+0.13−45¢/BuMay (K)5.5575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1100/bu+0.19−115¢/BuMay (K)4.8475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2600/bu+0.19−100¢/BuMay (K)4.9975
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3600/bu+0.19−90¢/BuMay (K)5.0975
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5600/bu+0.19−70¢/BuMay (K)5.2975
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8100/bu+0.19−145¢/BuMay (K)4.5475

Barley

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.6700/bu+0.19——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.