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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Wed, Aug 12
● Bids as filed52 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5100–5.8300/bu+0.14−122–−90¢/BuSeptember (U)5.0000
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8300–6.2300/bu+0.14−90–−50¢/BuSeptember (U)5.4000
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9100–6.5500/bu+0.14−82–−18¢/BuSeptember (U)5.7200
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9575–6.4075/bu+0.07−125–−80¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1975
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0075–6.5075/bu+0.07−120–−70¢/BuSeptember (U)4.2808
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1075–6.5575/bu+0.07−110–−65¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2075–6.6575/bu+0.07−100–−55¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7575–6.2075/bu+0.07−145–−100¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9975
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7600–5.9400/bu+0.14−97–−79¢/BuSeptember (U)5.0733
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1600–6.2300/bu+0.14−57–−50¢/BuSeptember (U)5.4467
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3600–6.5500/bu+0.14−37–−18¢/BuSeptember (U)5.7133
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1075–6.3575/bu+0.17−110–−85¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4408
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2075–6.4075/bu+0.17−100–−80¢/BuSeptember (U)4.5408
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2575–6.4575/bu+0.17−95–−75¢/BuSeptember (U)4.5908
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3575–6.5575/bu+0.17−85–−65¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6908
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9075–6.2575/bu+0.17−130–−95¢/BuSeptember (U)4.2408
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8000/bu———5.7500
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8100–5.8900/bu+0.14−92–−84¢/BuSeptember (U)5.0000
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1600–6.2100/bu+0.14−57–−52¢/BuSeptember (U)5.4500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3600–6.4500/bu+0.14−37–−28¢/BuSeptember (U)5.7500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2075–6.2575/bu+0.22−100–−95¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3350
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2575–6.3075/bu+0.22−95–−90¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4350
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2875–6.3575/bu+0.22−92–−85¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4850
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3475–6.4575/bu+0.22−86–−75¢/BuSeptember (U)4.5850
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0075–6.1575/bu+0.14−120–−105¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1350
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8000–6.0000/bu———6.3750
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7800–5.8600/bu+0.14−95–−87¢/BuSeptember (U)5.0267
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0800–6.1800/bu+0.14−65–−55¢/BuSeptember (U)5.4000
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2800–6.4200/bu+0.14−45–−31¢/BuSeptember (U)5.6400
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0075–6.2075/bu+0.17−120–−100¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3342
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1075–6.3075/bu+0.17−110–−90¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1575–6.3575/bu+0.17−105–−85¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2575–6.4575/bu+0.17−95–−75¢/BuSeptember (U)4.5375
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8075–6.1075/bu+0.17−140–−110¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1675
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.1400–5.6900/bu+0.14−159–−104¢/BuSeptember (U)4.5743
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3800–5.9800/bu+0.14−135–−75¢/BuSeptember (U)4.9514
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5400–6.3300/bu+0.14−119–−40¢/BuSeptember (U)5.2429
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2575–5.8975/bu+0.22−195–−131¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7458
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.3575–5.9575/bu+0.22−185–−125¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8792
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4075–6.0075/bu+0.22−180–−120¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5075–6.1075/bu+0.22−170–−110¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1292
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.0575–5.7775/bu+0.22−215–−143¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4792
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2500/bu———6.2175
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6400/bu+0.14−109¢/BuSeptember (U)4.7100
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8800/bu+0.14−85¢/BuSeptember (U)5.0700
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0800/bu+0.14−65¢/BuSeptember (U)5.3100
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7575/bu+0.22−145¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8675
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8575/bu+0.22−135¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9075/bu+0.22−130¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0075/bu+0.22−120¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5575/bu+0.22−165¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5675

Barley

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.3000/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.