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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Fri, Mar 20
● Bids as filed54 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3600/bu+0.16−92¢/BuMay (K)5.3900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7600/bu+0.16−52¢/BuMay (K)5.6300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0800/bu+0.16−20¢/BuMay (K)5.7900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8025–5.2025/bu+0.21−126–−86¢/BuMay (K)4.6575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9025–5.3025/bu+0.21−116–−76¢/BuMay (K)4.9575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9525–5.3525/bu+0.21−111–−71¢/BuMay (K)5.0675
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0525–5.4525/bu+0.21−101–−61¢/BuMay (K)5.2875
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6025–5.0025/bu+0.21−146–−106¢/BuMay (K)4.0575
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3800–5.4800/bu+0.16−90–−80¢/BuMay (K)5.3433
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7800–5.8800/bu+0.16−50–−40¢/BuMay (K)5.7167
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9800–6.2000/bu+0.16−30–−8¢/BuMay (K)5.9833
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2125–5.2825/bu+0.21−85–−78¢/BuMay (K)5.0675
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3125–5.3825/bu+0.21−75–−68¢/BuMay (K)5.1408
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3625–5.4325/bu+0.21−70–−63¢/BuMay (K)5.1742
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4625–5.5325/bu+0.21−60–−53¢/BuMay (K)5.2408
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0125–5.0825/bu+0.21−105–−98¢/BuMay (K)4.9208
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4000/bu———6.2500
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0800–5.4300/bu+0.16−120–−85¢/BuMay (K)5.2525
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6800–5.8300/bu+0.16−60–−45¢/BuMay (K)5.7025
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9600–6.1100/bu+0.16−32–−17¢/BuMay (K)6.0025
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0625–5.3125/bu+0.21−100–−75¢/BuMay (K)5.0950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1625–5.4125/bu+0.21−90–−65¢/BuMay (K)5.1800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2125–5.4625/bu+0.21−85–−60¢/BuMay (K)5.2175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3125–5.5625/bu+0.21−75–−50¢/BuMay (K)5.2925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8625–5.1125/bu+0.21−120–−95¢/BuMay (K)4.9250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4000–7.0000/bu———6.5000
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2800–5.3800/bu+0.16−100–−90¢/BuMay (K)5.2533
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6800–5.7800/bu+0.16−60–−50¢/BuMay (K)5.6267
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8800–6.0200/bu+0.16−40–−26¢/BuMay (K)5.8667
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1625–5.2325/bu+0.21−90–−83¢/BuMay (K)5.0042
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2125–5.3325/bu+0.21−85–−73¢/BuMay (K)5.0608
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2325–5.3825/bu+0.21−83–−68¢/BuMay (K)5.0842
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2725–5.4825/bu+0.21−79–−58¢/BuMay (K)5.1308
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0225–5.0625/bu+0.21−104–−100¢/BuMay (K)4.8908
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2500/bu————
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9400–5.4400/bu+0.16−134–−84¢/BuMay (K)4.9014
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1800–5.6800/bu+0.16−110–−60¢/BuMay (K)5.2786
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3800–6.0800/bu+0.16−90–−20¢/BuMay (K)5.5557
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4625–4.9625/bu+0.21−160–−110¢/BuMay (K)4.6875
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6125–5.1125/bu+0.21−145–−95¢/BuMay (K)4.8208
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7125–5.2125/bu+0.21−135–−85¢/BuMay (K)4.9042
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9125–5.4125/bu+0.21−115–−65¢/BuMay (K)5.0708
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1625–4.7625/bu+0.21−190–−130¢/BuMay (K)4.4208
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5000–6.0000/bu———6.6875
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3900/bu+0.16−89¢/BuMay (K)4.9900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6300/bu+0.16−65¢/BuMay (K)5.3500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8300/bu+0.16−45¢/BuMay (K)5.5900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9125/bu+0.21−115¢/BuMay (K)4.7875
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0625/bu+0.21−100¢/BuMay (K)4.9375
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1625/bu+0.21−90¢/BuMay (K)5.0375
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3625/bu+0.21−70¢/BuMay (K)5.2375
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6125/bu+0.21−145¢/BuMay (K)4.4875

Barley

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