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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Wed, May 6
● Bids as filed53 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7500/bu+0.04−117¢/BuJuly (N)5.1100
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1500/bu+0.04−77¢/BuJuly (N)5.4033
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.4700/bu+0.04−45¢/BuJuly (N)5.5100
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6700–6.0000/bu+0.03−120–−87¢/BuJuly (N)4.0150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7200–6.1000/bu+0.03−115–−77¢/BuJuly (N)4.3150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8200–6.1500/bu+0.03−105–−72¢/BuJuly (N)4.4250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9200–6.2500/bu+0.03−95–−62¢/BuJuly (N)4.6450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4700–5.8000/bu+0.03−140–−107¢/BuJuly (N)3.4150
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8200–5.9200/bu—−110–−100¢/BuJuly (N)5.5233
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2200–6.2700/bu—−70–−65¢/BuJuly (N)5.8967
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.4200–6.5900/bu—−50–−33¢/BuJuly (N)6.1633
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9700–6.0200/bu+0.03−90–−85¢/BuJuly (N)4.5217
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0200–6.1200/bu+0.03−85–−75¢/BuJuly (N)4.5950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0500–6.1700/bu+0.03−82–−70¢/BuJuly (N)4.6283
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1100–6.2700/bu+0.03−76–−60¢/BuJuly (N)4.6950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8000–5.8700/bu+0.03−107–−100¢/BuJuly (N)4.3750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4000/bu———6.4000
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6200–6.0200/bu+0.04−130–−90¢/BuJuly (N)5.4425
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1700–6.2700/bu+0.04−75–−65¢/BuJuly (N)5.8925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3700–6.6200/bu+0.04−55–−30¢/BuJuly (N)6.1925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9200–6.0700/bu+0.03−95–−80¢/BuJuly (N)4.5975
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0200–6.1200/bu+0.03−85–−75¢/BuJuly (N)4.6700
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0500–6.1700/bu+0.03−82–−70¢/BuJuly (N)4.7075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1100–6.2700/bu+0.03−76–−60¢/BuJuly (N)4.7825
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7200–5.9700/bu+0.03−115–−90¢/BuJuly (N)4.4525
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4500–7.0000/bu———6.6000
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7700–5.8500/bu+0.04−115–−107¢/BuJuly (N)5.4033
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1400–6.1700/bu+0.04−78–−75¢/BuJuly (N)5.7767
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3400–6.4100/bu+0.04−58–−51¢/BuJuly (N)6.0167
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0200–7.7900/bu+0.03−85–+92¢/BuJuly (N)4.5650
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0000–6.1200/bu+0.03−87–−75¢/BuJuly (N)4.6217
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0200–6.1700/bu+0.03−85–−70¢/BuJuly (N)4.6450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0600–6.2700/bu+0.03−81–−60¢/BuJuly (N)4.6917
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8200–5.9700/bu+0.03−105–−90¢/BuJuly (N)4.4517
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2500/bu————
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3300–5.8300/bu+0.04−159–−109¢/BuJuly (N)5.0343
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5700–6.1200/bu+0.04−135–−80¢/BuJuly (N)5.4257
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7700–6.5200/bu+0.04−115–−40¢/BuJuly (N)5.7029
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2200–5.7700/bu+0.03−165–−110¢/BuJuly (N)4.0117
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3700–5.8700/bu+0.03−150–−100¢/BuJuly (N)4.1450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4700–5.9700/bu+0.03−140–−90¢/BuJuly (N)4.2283
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6700–6.1700/bu+0.03−120–−70¢/BuJuly (N)4.3950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9200–5.5700/bu+0.03−195–−130¢/BuJuly (N)3.7450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9500/bu———6.7000
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7800/bu+0.04−114¢/BuJuly (N)5.3200
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0200/bu+0.04−90¢/BuJuly (N)5.6800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2200/bu+0.04−70¢/BuJuly (N)5.9200
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6700/bu+0.03−120¢/BuJuly (N)4.0450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8200/bu+0.03−105¢/BuJuly (N)4.1950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9200/bu+0.03−95¢/BuJuly (N)4.2950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1200/bu+0.03−75¢/BuJuly (N)4.4950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3700/bu+0.03−150¢/BuJuly (N)3.7450

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.