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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Thu, Apr 16
● Bids as filed54 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5475/bu+0.12−97¢/BuMay (K)5.2725
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9475/bu+0.12−57¢/BuMay (K)5.5658
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2675/bu+0.12−25¢/BuMay (K)5.6725
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1275–5.5675/bu+0.17−130–−86¢/BuMay (K)4.3817
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1775–5.6675/bu+0.17−125–−76¢/BuMay (K)4.6817
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2775–5.7175/bu+0.17−115–−71¢/BuMay (K)4.7917
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3775–5.8175/bu+0.17−105–−61¢/BuMay (K)5.0117
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9275–5.3675/bu+0.17−150–−106¢/BuMay (K)3.7817
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5675–5.6975/bu+0.12−95–−82¢/BuMay (K)5.4058
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9675–6.0675/bu+0.12−55–−45¢/BuMay (K)5.7792
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2175–6.3875/bu+0.12−30–−13¢/BuMay (K)6.0458
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5775–5.6775/bu+0.12−85–−75¢/BuMay (K)4.8083
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6775–5.7775/bu+0.12−75–−65¢/BuMay (K)4.8817
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7275–5.8275/bu+0.12−70–−60¢/BuMay (K)4.9150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8275–5.9275/bu+0.12−60–−50¢/BuMay (K)4.9817
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3775–5.4775/bu+0.12−105–−95¢/BuMay (K)4.6617
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3000/bu———6.4000
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3675–5.6675/bu+0.12−115–−85¢/BuMay (K)5.3325
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9175–6.0675/bu+0.12−60–−45¢/BuMay (K)5.7825
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1975–6.3675/bu+0.12−32–−15¢/BuMay (K)6.0825
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4775–5.6775/bu+0.17−95–−75¢/BuMay (K)4.8275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5775–5.7775/bu+0.17−85–−65¢/BuMay (K)4.9125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6275–5.8275/bu+0.17−80–−60¢/BuMay (K)4.9500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7275–5.9275/bu+0.17−70–−50¢/BuMay (K)5.0250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2775–5.4775/bu+0.17−115–−95¢/BuMay (K)4.6575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3500–7.0000/bu———6.6000
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5175–5.5975/bu+0.12−100–−92¢/BuMay (K)5.3658
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9175–5.9675/bu+0.12−60–−55¢/BuMay (K)5.6725
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1175–6.2075/bu+0.12−40–−31¢/BuMay (K)5.9125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5875–6.4275/bu+0.17−84–0¢/BuMay (K)4.7783
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6775–5.7675/bu+0.17−75–−66¢/BuMay (K)4.8350
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6975–5.8175/bu+0.17−73–−61¢/BuMay (K)4.8583
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7375–5.9175/bu+0.17−69–−51¢/BuMay (K)4.9050
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3875–5.5275/bu+0.17−104–−90¢/BuMay (K)4.6650
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2500/bu————
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1275–5.6275/bu+0.12−139–−89¢/BuMay (K)4.9882
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3675–5.9675/bu+0.12−115–−55¢/BuMay (K)5.3654
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5675–6.3675/bu+0.12−95–−15¢/BuMay (K)5.6568
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8275–5.3275/bu+0.17−160–−110¢/BuMay (K)4.3583
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9775–5.4775/bu+0.17−145–−95¢/BuMay (K)4.4917
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0775–5.5775/bu+0.17−135–−85¢/BuMay (K)4.5750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2775–5.7775/bu+0.17−115–−65¢/BuMay (K)4.7417
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.5275–5.1275/bu+0.17−190–−130¢/BuMay (K)4.0917
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6000–5.8500/bu———6.9000
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5775/bu+0.12−94¢/BuMay (K)5.0525
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8175/bu+0.12−70¢/BuMay (K)5.4125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0175/bu+0.12−50¢/BuMay (K)5.6525
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2775/bu+0.17−115¢/BuMay (K)4.4250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4275/bu+0.17−100¢/BuMay (K)4.5750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5275/bu+0.17−90¢/BuMay (K)4.6750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7275/bu+0.17−70¢/BuMay (K)4.8750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9775/bu+0.17−145¢/BuMay (K)4.1250

Barley

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.7500/bu———3.0000
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.1000/bu+0.50———
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.