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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Tue, May 5
● Bids as filed53 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7900/bu+0.03−117¢/BuJuly (N)5.1850
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1900/bu+0.03−77¢/BuJuly (N)5.4783
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5100/bu+0.03−45¢/BuJuly (N)5.5850
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7000–6.0300/bu+0.05−120–−87¢/BuJuly (N)4.1000
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7500–6.1300/bu+0.05−115–−77¢/BuJuly (N)4.4000
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8500–6.1800/bu+0.05−105–−72¢/BuJuly (N)4.5100
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9500–6.2800/bu+0.05−95–−62¢/BuJuly (N)4.7300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5000–5.8300/bu+0.05−140–−107¢/BuJuly (N)3.5000
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8200–5.9600/bu+0.03−114–−100¢/BuJuly (N)5.5983
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2200–6.3100/bu+0.03−74–−65¢/BuJuly (N)5.9717
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.4200–6.6300/bu+0.03−54–−33¢/BuJuly (N)6.2383
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0000–6.0500/bu+0.05−90–−85¢/BuJuly (N)4.6067
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0500–6.1500/bu+0.05−85–−75¢/BuJuly (N)4.6800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0800–6.2000/bu+0.05−82–−70¢/BuJuly (N)4.7133
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1400–6.3000/bu+0.05−76–−60¢/BuJuly (N)4.7800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8300–5.9000/bu+0.05−107–−100¢/BuJuly (N)4.4600
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4000/bu———6.4000
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6600–6.0600/bu+0.03−130–−90¢/BuJuly (N)5.5175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2100–6.3100/bu+0.03−75–−65¢/BuJuly (N)5.9675
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.4100–6.6600/bu+0.03−55–−30¢/BuJuly (N)6.2675
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9500–6.1000/bu+0.05−95–−80¢/BuJuly (N)4.6825
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0500–6.1500/bu+0.05−85–−75¢/BuJuly (N)4.7550
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0800–6.2000/bu+0.05−82–−70¢/BuJuly (N)4.7925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1400–6.3000/bu+0.05−76–−60¢/BuJuly (N)4.8675
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7500–6.0000/bu+0.05−115–−90¢/BuJuly (N)4.5375
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4500–7.0000/bu———6.6000
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8100–5.8900/bu+0.03−115–−107¢/BuJuly (N)5.4783
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1800–6.2100/bu+0.03−78–−75¢/BuJuly (N)5.8517
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3800–6.4500/bu+0.03−58–−51¢/BuJuly (N)6.0917
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0500–7.8200/bu+0.05−85–+92¢/BuJuly (N)4.6500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0300–6.1500/bu+0.05−87–−75¢/BuJuly (N)4.7067
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0500–6.2000/bu+0.05−85–−70¢/BuJuly (N)4.7300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0900–6.3000/bu+0.05−81–−60¢/BuJuly (N)4.7767
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8500–6.0000/bu+0.05−105–−90¢/BuJuly (N)4.5367
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2500/bu————
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3700–5.8700/bu+0.03−159–−109¢/BuJuly (N)5.1093
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6100–6.1600/bu+0.03−135–−80¢/BuJuly (N)5.5007
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8100–6.5600/bu+0.03−115–−40¢/BuJuly (N)5.7779
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2500–5.8000/bu+0.05−165–−110¢/BuJuly (N)4.0967
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4000–5.9000/bu+0.05−150–−100¢/BuJuly (N)4.2300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5000–6.0000/bu+0.05−140–−90¢/BuJuly (N)4.3133
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7000–6.2000/bu+0.05−120–−70¢/BuJuly (N)4.4800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9500–5.6000/bu+0.05−195–−130¢/BuJuly (N)3.8300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9500/bu———6.7000
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8200/bu+0.03−114¢/BuJuly (N)5.3950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0600/bu+0.03−90¢/BuJuly (N)5.7550
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2600/bu+0.03−70¢/BuJuly (N)5.9950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7000/bu+0.05−120¢/BuJuly (N)4.1300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8500/bu+0.05−105¢/BuJuly (N)4.2800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9500/bu+0.05−95¢/BuJuly (N)4.3800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1500/bu+0.05−75¢/BuJuly (N)4.5800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4000/bu+0.05−150¢/BuJuly (N)3.8300

Barley

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.1000/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.