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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Mon, Aug 17
● Bids as filed52 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8500–5.9800/bu+0.03−90–−77¢/BuSeptember (U)4.9075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0000–6.3000/bu+0.03−75–−45¢/BuSeptember (U)5.3075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0800–6.5700/bu+0.03−67–−18¢/BuSeptember (U)5.6275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5375–6.8375/bu+0.05−105–−75¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5875–6.8875/bu+0.05−100–−70¢/BuSeptember (U)4.2758
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.6075–6.9375/bu+0.05−98–−65¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3425
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.6275–7.0375/bu+0.05−96–−55¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4425
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.4875–6.7375/bu+0.05−110–−85¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9925
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8500–6.1100/bu+0.03−90–−64¢/BuSeptember (U)4.9908
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2300–6.2500/bu+0.00−52–−50¢/BuSeptember (U)5.3642
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3100–6.5700/bu+0.00−44–−18¢/BuSeptember (U)5.6308
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5375–6.6875/bu+0.10−105–−90¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4025
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.6375–6.7875/bu+0.10−95–−80¢/BuSeptember (U)4.5025
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.6875–6.8375/bu+0.10−90–−75¢/BuSeptember (U)4.5525
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.7775–6.9375/bu+0.09−81–−65¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6525
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3375–6.5375/bu+0.10−125–−105¢/BuSeptember (U)4.2025
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8000/bu————
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1100–6.1600/bu+0.01−64–−59¢/BuSeptember (U)4.9075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2300–6.2800/bu+0.01−52–−47¢/BuSeptember (U)5.3575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3100–6.3600/bu+0.01−44–−39¢/BuSeptember (U)5.6575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.4875–6.6375/bu+0.05−110–−95¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5375–6.6875/bu+0.05−105–−90¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5675–6.7075/bu+0.05−102–−88¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.6275–6.7475/bu+0.05−96–−84¢/BuSeptember (U)4.5800
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3875–6.5375/bu+0.05−120–−105¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1300
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8000–6.0000/bu———7.0000
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8000–6.0900/bu+0.03−95–−66¢/BuSeptember (U)4.9342
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1500–6.2100/bu+0.02−60–−54¢/BuSeptember (U)5.3075
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2300–6.4400/bu+0.02−52–−31¢/BuSeptember (U)5.5475
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.4375–6.5875/bu+0.10−115–−100¢/BuSeptember (U)4.2958
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5375–6.6875/bu+0.10−105–−90¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3792
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5875–6.7375/bu+0.10−100–−85¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4192
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.6875–6.8375/bu+0.10−90–−75¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4992
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2375–6.4875/bu+0.10−135–−110¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1292
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2400–5.8400/bu+0.03−151–−91¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4818
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4000–6.0000/bu+0.03−135–−75¢/BuSeptember (U)4.8589
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4800–6.1600/bu+0.03−127–−59¢/BuSeptember (U)5.1504
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6375–6.1875/bu+0.05−195–−140¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7408
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7375–6.2875/bu+0.05−185–−130¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8742
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7875–6.3375/bu+0.05−180–−125¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9575
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8875–6.4375/bu+0.05−170–−115¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1242
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4375–5.9875/bu+0.05−215–−160¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4742
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2500/bu———5.8100
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7400/bu+0.03−101¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9000/bu+0.03−85¢/BuSeptember (U)4.9775
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9800/bu+0.03−77¢/BuSeptember (U)5.2175
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1375/bu+0.05−145¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2375/bu+0.05−135¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2875/bu+0.05−130¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3875/bu+0.05−120¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9375/bu+0.05−165¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5625

Barley

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #2Delivered3.4000/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.