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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Wed, Apr 8
● Bids as filed54 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2700/bu+0.17−97¢/BuMay (K)5.4275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6700/bu+0.17−57¢/BuMay (K)5.6675
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9900/bu+0.17−25¢/BuMay (K)5.8275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6525–5.0925/bu+0.12−130–−86¢/BuMay (K)4.4500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7025–5.1925/bu+0.12−125–−76¢/BuMay (K)4.7500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8025–5.2425/bu+0.12−115–−71¢/BuMay (K)4.8600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9025–5.3425/bu+0.12−105–−61¢/BuMay (K)5.0800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.4525–4.8925/bu+0.12−150–−106¢/BuMay (K)3.8500
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3100–5.4200/bu+0.17−93–−82¢/BuMay (K)5.4808
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7100–5.7900/bu+0.17−53–−45¢/BuMay (K)5.8542
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9400–6.1100/bu+0.17−30–−13¢/BuMay (K)6.1208
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1525–5.2025/bu+0.12−80–−75¢/BuMay (K)4.9633
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2525–5.3025/bu+0.12−70–−65¢/BuMay (K)5.0367
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3025–5.3525/bu+0.12−65–−60¢/BuMay (K)5.0700
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4025–5.4525/bu+0.12−55–−50¢/BuMay (K)5.1367
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9525–5.0025/bu+0.12−100–−95¢/BuMay (K)4.8167
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4000/bu———6.2500
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0900–5.3900/bu+0.17−115–−85¢/BuMay (K)5.3400
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6100–5.7900/bu+0.17−63–−45¢/BuMay (K)5.7900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8900–6.0900/bu+0.17−35–−15¢/BuMay (K)6.0900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0025–5.2025/bu+0.12−95–−75¢/BuMay (K)4.9250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0025–5.3025/bu+0.12−95–−65¢/BuMay (K)5.0100
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0525–5.3525/bu+0.12−90–−60¢/BuMay (K)5.0475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1525–5.4525/bu+0.12−80–−50¢/BuMay (K)5.1225
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.7025–5.0025/bu+0.12−125–−95¢/BuMay (K)4.7550
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4500–7.0000/bu———6.5000
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2100–5.3200/bu+0.17−103–−92¢/BuMay (K)5.3542
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6100–5.6900/bu+0.17−63–−55¢/BuMay (K)5.7342
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8400–5.9300/bu+0.17−40–−31¢/BuMay (K)5.9742
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1125–5.9525/bu+0.12−84–0¢/BuMay (K)4.9167
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2025–5.2925/bu+0.12−75–−66¢/BuMay (K)4.9733
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2225–5.3425/bu+0.12−73–−61¢/BuMay (K)4.9967
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2625–5.4425/bu+0.12−69–−51¢/BuMay (K)5.0433
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9125–5.0525/bu+0.12−104–−90¢/BuMay (K)4.8033
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2500/bu————
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8500–5.3500/bu+0.17−139–−89¢/BuMay (K)4.9775
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0900–5.6900/bu+0.17−115–−55¢/BuMay (K)5.3546
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2900–6.0900/bu+0.17−95–−15¢/BuMay (K)5.6461
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.3525–4.8525/bu+0.12−160–−110¢/BuMay (K)4.4633
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5025–5.0025/bu+0.12−145–−95¢/BuMay (K)4.5967
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.6025–5.1025/bu+0.12−135–−85¢/BuMay (K)4.6800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8025–5.3025/bu+0.12−115–−65¢/BuMay (K)4.8467
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.0525–4.6525/bu+0.12−190–−130¢/BuMay (K)4.1967
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6000–5.8500/bu———6.7500
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3000/bu+0.17−94¢/BuMay (K)5.0775
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5400/bu+0.17−70¢/BuMay (K)5.4375
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7400/bu+0.17−50¢/BuMay (K)5.6775
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8025/bu+0.12−115¢/BuMay (K)4.5300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9525/bu+0.12−100¢/BuMay (K)4.6800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0525/bu+0.12−90¢/BuMay (K)4.7800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2525/bu+0.12−70¢/BuMay (K)4.9800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5025/bu+0.12−145¢/BuMay (K)4.2300

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.