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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Mon, Apr 6
● Bids as filed54 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3825–5.4325/bu+0.08−70–−65¢/BuMay (K)4.9492
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4325–5.4825/bu+0.08−65–−60¢/BuMay (K)4.9825
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5325–5.5825/bu+0.08−55–−50¢/BuMay (K)5.0492
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0825–5.1325/bu+0.08−100–−95¢/BuMay (K)4.7292
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4000/bu———6.2500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5150–5.6250/bu+0.02−93–−82¢/BuMay (K)5.3333
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9150–5.9950/bu+0.02−53–−45¢/BuMay (K)5.7067
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1450–6.3150/bu+0.02−30–−13¢/BuMay (K)5.9733
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2825–5.3325/bu+0.08−80–−75¢/BuMay (K)4.8758
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1325–5.4325/bu+0.08−95–−65¢/BuMay (K)4.9150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1825–5.4825/bu+0.08−90–−60¢/BuMay (K)4.9525
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2825–5.5825/bu+0.08−80–−50¢/BuMay (K)5.0275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8325–5.1325/bu+0.08−125–−95¢/BuMay (K)4.6600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4500–7.0000/bu———6.5000
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2950–5.5950/bu+0.02−115–−85¢/BuMay (K)5.1925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8150–5.9950/bu+0.02−63–−45¢/BuMay (K)5.6425
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0950–6.2950/bu+0.02−35–−15¢/BuMay (K)5.9425
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1325–5.3325/bu+0.08−95–−75¢/BuMay (K)4.8300
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3325–5.4225/bu+0.08−75–−66¢/BuMay (K)4.8758
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3525–5.4725/bu+0.08−73–−61¢/BuMay (K)4.8992
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3925–5.5725/bu+0.08−69–−51¢/BuMay (K)4.9458
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0425–5.1825/bu+0.08−104–−90¢/BuMay (K)4.7058
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2500/bu————
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4150–5.5250/bu+0.02−103–−92¢/BuMay (K)5.2067
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8150–5.8950/bu+0.02−63–−55¢/BuMay (K)5.5867
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0450–6.1350/bu+0.02−40–−31¢/BuMay (K)5.8267
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2425–6.0825/bu+0.08−84–0¢/BuMay (K)4.8192
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6325–5.1325/bu+0.08−145–−95¢/BuMay (K)4.5092
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7325–5.2325/bu+0.08−135–−85¢/BuMay (K)4.5925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9325–5.4325/bu+0.08−115–−65¢/BuMay (K)4.7592
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1825–4.7825/bu+0.08−190–−130¢/BuMay (K)4.1092
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6000–5.8500/bu———6.7500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0550–5.5550/bu+0.02−139–−89¢/BuMay (K)4.8300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2950–5.8950/bu+0.02−115–−55¢/BuMay (K)5.2071
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4950–6.2950/bu+0.02−95–−15¢/BuMay (K)5.4986
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4825–4.9825/bu+0.08−160–−110¢/BuMay (K)4.3758
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0825/bu+0.08−100¢/BuMay (K)4.5925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1825/bu+0.08−90¢/BuMay (K)4.6925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3825/bu+0.08−70¢/BuMay (K)4.8925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6325/bu+0.08−145¢/BuMay (K)4.1425
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5050/bu+0.02−94¢/BuMay (K)4.9300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7450/bu+0.02−70¢/BuMay (K)5.2900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9450/bu+0.02−50¢/BuMay (K)5.5300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9325/bu+0.08−115¢/BuMay (K)4.4425
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9325–5.3725/bu+0.08−115–−71¢/BuMay (K)4.7725
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0325–5.4725/bu+0.08−105–−61¢/BuMay (K)4.9925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5825–5.0225/bu+0.08−150–−106¢/BuMay (K)3.7625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4750/bu+0.02−97¢/BuMay (K)5.2800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8750/bu+0.02−57¢/BuMay (K)5.5200
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1950/bu+0.02−25¢/BuMay (K)5.6800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7825–5.2225/bu+0.08−130–−86¢/BuMay (K)4.3625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8325–5.3225/bu+0.08−125–−76¢/BuMay (K)4.6625

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.