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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Thu, Apr 2
● Bids as filed54 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4975/bu+0.05−97¢/BuMay (K)5.2525
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8975/bu+0.05−57¢/BuMay (K)5.4925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2175/bu+0.05−25¢/BuMay (K)5.6525
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8575–5.2975/bu+0.02−130–−86¢/BuMay (K)4.4600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9075–5.3975/bu+0.02−125–−76¢/BuMay (K)4.7600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0075–5.4475/bu+0.02−115–−71¢/BuMay (K)4.8700
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1075–5.5475/bu+0.02−105–−61¢/BuMay (K)5.0900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6575–5.0975/bu+0.02−150–−106¢/BuMay (K)3.8600
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5375–5.6475/bu+0.05−93–−82¢/BuMay (K)5.3058
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9375–6.0175/bu+0.05−53–−45¢/BuMay (K)5.6792
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1675–6.3375/bu+0.05−30–−13¢/BuMay (K)5.9458
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3575–5.4075/bu+0.02−80–−75¢/BuMay (K)4.9733
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4575–5.5075/bu+0.02−70–−65¢/BuMay (K)5.0467
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5075–5.5575/bu+0.02−65–−60¢/BuMay (K)5.0800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6075–5.6575/bu+0.02−55–−50¢/BuMay (K)5.1467
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1575–5.2075/bu+0.02−100–−95¢/BuMay (K)4.8267
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4000/bu———6.2500
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3175–5.6175/bu+0.10−115–−85¢/BuMay (K)5.1650
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8375–6.0175/bu+0.05−63–−45¢/BuMay (K)5.6150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1175–6.3175/bu+0.05−35–−15¢/BuMay (K)5.9150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2075–5.4075/bu+0.02−95–−75¢/BuMay (K)4.9275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2075–5.5075/bu+0.02−95–−65¢/BuMay (K)5.0125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2575–5.5575/bu+0.02−90–−60¢/BuMay (K)5.0500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3575–5.6575/bu+0.02−80–−50¢/BuMay (K)5.1250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9075–5.2075/bu+0.02−125–−95¢/BuMay (K)4.7575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4500–7.0000/bu———6.5000
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4375–5.5475/bu+0.05−103–−92¢/BuMay (K)5.1792
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8375–5.9175/bu+0.05−63–−55¢/BuMay (K)5.5592
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0675–6.1575/bu+0.05−40–−31¢/BuMay (K)5.7992
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3175–6.1575/bu+0.02−84–0¢/BuMay (K)4.9167
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4075–5.4975/bu+0.02−75–−66¢/BuMay (K)4.9733
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4275–5.5475/bu+0.02−73–−61¢/BuMay (K)4.9967
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4675–5.6475/bu+0.02−69–−51¢/BuMay (K)5.0433
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1175–5.2575/bu+0.02−104–−90¢/BuMay (K)4.8033
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2500/bu————
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0775–5.5775/bu+0.05−139–−89¢/BuMay (K)4.8025
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3175–5.9175/bu+0.05−115–−55¢/BuMay (K)5.1796
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5175–6.3175/bu+0.05−95–−15¢/BuMay (K)5.4711
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5575–5.0575/bu+0.02−160–−110¢/BuMay (K)4.4733
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7075–5.2075/bu+0.02−145–−95¢/BuMay (K)4.6067
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8075–5.3075/bu+0.02−135–−85¢/BuMay (K)4.6900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0075–5.5075/bu+0.02−115–−65¢/BuMay (K)4.8567
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.2575–4.8575/bu+0.02−190–−130¢/BuMay (K)4.2067
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6000–5.8500/bu+0.10——6.7500
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5275/bu+0.05−94¢/BuMay (K)4.9025
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7675/bu+0.05−70¢/BuMay (K)5.2625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9675/bu+0.05−50¢/BuMay (K)5.5025
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0075/bu+0.02−115¢/BuMay (K)4.5400
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1575/bu+0.02−100¢/BuMay (K)4.6900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2575/bu+0.02−90¢/BuMay (K)4.7900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4575/bu+0.02−70¢/BuMay (K)4.9900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7075/bu+0.02−145¢/BuMay (K)4.2400

Barley

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7500/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.