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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Mon, May 18
● Bids as filed53 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8625/bu+0.18−117¢/BuJuly (N)5.1350
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2625/bu+0.18−77¢/BuJuly (N)5.4117
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5825/bu+0.18−45¢/BuJuly (N)5.5350
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8475–6.1675/bu+0.16−119–−87¢/BuJuly (N)3.9808
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8975–6.2675/bu+0.16−114–−77¢/BuJuly (N)4.2642
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9975–6.3175/bu+0.16−104–−72¢/BuJuly (N)4.3908
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0975–6.4175/bu+0.16−94–−62¢/BuJuly (N)4.6108
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6475–5.9675/bu+0.16−139–−107¢/BuJuly (N)3.3808
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9325–6.0325/bu+0.18−110–−100¢/BuJuly (N)5.4483
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3325–6.3825/bu+0.18−70–−65¢/BuJuly (N)5.8217
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5325–6.7025/bu+0.18−50–−33¢/BuJuly (N)6.0883
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1675–6.1875/bu+0.16−87–−85¢/BuJuly (N)4.5375
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2375–6.2875/bu+0.16−80–−75¢/BuJuly (N)4.6108
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2675–6.3375/bu+0.16−77–−70¢/BuJuly (N)4.6442
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3275–6.4375/bu+0.16−71–−60¢/BuJuly (N)4.7108
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9675–6.0875/bu+0.16−107–−95¢/BuJuly (N)4.3908
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4000/bu———6.4000
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7325–6.0125/bu+0.18−130–−102¢/BuJuly (N)5.3675
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2825–6.3825/bu+0.18−75–−65¢/BuJuly (N)5.8175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.4825–6.7325/bu+0.18−55–−30¢/BuJuly (N)6.1175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0875–6.2375/bu+0.16−95–−80¢/BuJuly (N)4.5300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1875–6.2875/bu+0.16−85–−75¢/BuJuly (N)4.6025
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2175–6.3175/bu+0.16−82–−72¢/BuJuly (N)4.6400
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2775–6.3875/bu+0.16−76–−65¢/BuJuly (N)4.7150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8875–6.1375/bu+0.16−115–−90¢/BuJuly (N)4.3850
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5500–6.5000/bu———6.7000
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8825–5.9625/bu+0.18−115–−107¢/BuJuly (N)5.3283
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2525–6.2825/bu+0.18−78–−75¢/BuJuly (N)5.7017
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.4525–6.5225/bu+0.18−58–−51¢/BuJuly (N)5.9417
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1875–7.9575/bu+0.16−85–+92¢/BuJuly (N)4.5308
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1675–6.2875/bu+0.16−87–−75¢/BuJuly (N)4.5875
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1875–6.3375/bu+0.16−85–−70¢/BuJuly (N)4.6108
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2275–6.4375/bu+0.16−81–−60¢/BuJuly (N)4.6575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9875–6.1375/bu+0.16−105–−90¢/BuJuly (N)4.4175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2500/bu————
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4425–5.9425/bu+0.18−159–−109¢/BuJuly (N)4.8950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6825–6.2325/bu+0.18−135–−80¢/BuJuly (N)5.2721
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8825–6.6325/bu+0.18−115–−40¢/BuJuly (N)5.5636
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3875–5.9375/bu+0.16−165–−110¢/BuJuly (N)3.9442
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5375–6.0375/bu+0.16−150–−100¢/BuJuly (N)4.0775
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6375–6.1375/bu+0.16−140–−90¢/BuJuly (N)4.2075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8375–6.3375/bu+0.16−120–−70¢/BuJuly (N)4.3275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0875–5.7375/bu+0.16−195–−130¢/BuJuly (N)3.7375
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9500/bu———6.7000
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8925/bu+0.18−114¢/BuJuly (N)5.1450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1325/bu+0.18−90¢/BuJuly (N)5.5050
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3325/bu+0.18−70¢/BuJuly (N)5.7450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8375/bu+0.16−120¢/BuJuly (N)3.9775
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9875/bu+0.16−105¢/BuJuly (N)4.1275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0875/bu+0.16−95¢/BuJuly (N)4.2275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2875/bu+0.16−75¢/BuJuly (N)4.4275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5375/bu+0.16−150¢/BuJuly (N)3.6775

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.