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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Tue, Apr 7
● Bids as filed54 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4400/bu+0.04−97¢/BuMay (K)5.3500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8400/bu+0.04−57¢/BuMay (K)5.5900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1600/bu+0.04−25¢/BuMay (K)5.7500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7750–5.2150/bu+0.01−130–−86¢/BuMay (K)4.3850
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8250–5.3150/bu+0.01−125–−76¢/BuMay (K)4.6850
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9250–5.3650/bu+0.01−115–−71¢/BuMay (K)4.7950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0250–5.4650/bu+0.01−105–−61¢/BuMay (K)5.0150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5750–5.0150/bu+0.01−150–−106¢/BuMay (K)3.7850
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4800–5.5900/bu+0.04−93–−82¢/BuMay (K)5.4033
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8800–5.9600/bu+0.04−53–−45¢/BuMay (K)5.7767
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1100–6.2800/bu+0.04−30–−13¢/BuMay (K)6.0433
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2750–5.3250/bu+0.01−80–−75¢/BuMay (K)4.8983
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3750–5.4250/bu+0.01−70–−65¢/BuMay (K)4.9717
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4250–5.4750/bu+0.01−65–−60¢/BuMay (K)5.0050
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5250–5.5750/bu+0.01−55–−50¢/BuMay (K)5.0717
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0750–5.1250/bu+0.01−100–−95¢/BuMay (K)4.7517
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4000/bu———6.2500
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2600–5.5600/bu+0.04−115–−85¢/BuMay (K)5.2625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7800–5.9600/bu+0.04−63–−45¢/BuMay (K)5.7125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0600–6.2600/bu+0.04−35–−15¢/BuMay (K)6.0125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1250–5.3250/bu+0.01−95–−75¢/BuMay (K)4.8525
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1250–5.4250/bu+0.01−95–−65¢/BuMay (K)4.9375
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1750–5.4750/bu+0.01−90–−60¢/BuMay (K)4.9750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2750–5.5750/bu+0.01−80–−50¢/BuMay (K)5.0500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8250–5.1250/bu+0.01−125–−95¢/BuMay (K)4.6825
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4500–7.0000/bu———6.5000
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3800–5.4900/bu+0.04−103–−92¢/BuMay (K)5.2767
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7800–5.8600/bu+0.04−63–−55¢/BuMay (K)5.6567
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0100–6.1000/bu+0.04−40–−31¢/BuMay (K)5.8967
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2350–6.0750/bu+0.01−84–0¢/BuMay (K)4.8417
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3250–5.4150/bu+0.01−75–−66¢/BuMay (K)4.8983
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3450–5.4650/bu+0.01−73–−61¢/BuMay (K)4.9217
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3850–5.5650/bu+0.01−69–−51¢/BuMay (K)4.9683
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0350–5.1750/bu+0.01−104–−90¢/BuMay (K)4.7283
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2500/bu————
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0200–5.5200/bu+0.04−139–−89¢/BuMay (K)4.9000
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2600–5.8600/bu+0.04−115–−55¢/BuMay (K)5.2771
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4600–6.2600/bu+0.04−95–−15¢/BuMay (K)5.5686
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4750–4.9750/bu+0.01−160–−110¢/BuMay (K)4.3983
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6250–5.1250/bu+0.01−145–−95¢/BuMay (K)4.5317
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7250–5.2250/bu+0.01−135–−85¢/BuMay (K)4.6150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9250–5.4250/bu+0.01−115–−65¢/BuMay (K)4.7817
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.1750–4.7750/bu+0.01−190–−130¢/BuMay (K)4.1317
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6000–5.8500/bu———6.7500
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4700/bu+0.04−94¢/BuMay (K)5.0000
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7100/bu+0.04−70¢/BuMay (K)5.3600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9100/bu+0.04−50¢/BuMay (K)5.6000
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9250/bu+0.01−115¢/BuMay (K)4.4650
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0750/bu+0.01−100¢/BuMay (K)4.6150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1750/bu+0.01−90¢/BuMay (K)4.7150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3750/bu+0.01−70¢/BuMay (K)4.9150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6250/bu+0.01−145¢/BuMay (K)4.1650

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.