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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Tue, Aug 18
● Bids as filed52 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7925–6.0925/bu+0.06−97–−67¢/BuSeptember (U)4.9150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9125–6.2625/bu+0.09−85–−50¢/BuSeptember (U)5.3150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9925–6.5825/bu+0.09−77–−18¢/BuSeptember (U)5.6350
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2875–6.6375/bu+0.25−115–−80¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3375–6.7375/bu+0.25−110–−70¢/BuSeptember (U)4.2083
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3575–6.7875/bu+0.25−108–−65¢/BuSeptember (U)4.2750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3775–6.8875/bu+0.25−106–−55¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3750
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2375–6.4875/bu+0.25−120–−95¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9250
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8625–6.1625/bu+0.01−90–−60¢/BuSeptember (U)4.9983
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2625–6.2825/bu+0.03−50–−48¢/BuSeptember (U)5.3717
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3425–6.5825/bu+0.03−42–−18¢/BuSeptember (U)5.6383
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3875–6.5375/bu+0.15−105–−90¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3350
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.4875–6.6375/bu+0.15−95–−80¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4350
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5375–6.6875/bu+0.15−90–−75¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4850
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.6275–6.7875/bu+0.15−81–−65¢/BuSeptember (U)4.5850
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1875–6.3875/bu+0.15−125–−105¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1350
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9000/bu+0.10———
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1625–6.2125/bu+0.05−60–−55¢/BuSeptember (U)4.9150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2825–6.3325/bu+0.05−48–−43¢/BuSeptember (U)5.3650
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3625–6.4125/bu+0.05−40–−35¢/BuSeptember (U)5.6650
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3375–6.4375/bu+0.15−110–−100¢/BuSeptember (U)4.2625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3875–6.4875/bu+0.15−105–−95¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.4175–6.5175/bu+0.15−102–−92¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.4775–6.5775/bu+0.15−96–−86¢/BuSeptember (U)4.5125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2375–6.3375/bu+0.15−120–−110¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8000–6.0000/bu———7.0000
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8125–6.1625/bu+0.01−95–−60¢/BuSeptember (U)4.9417
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1625–6.2825/bu+0.01−60–−48¢/BuSeptember (U)5.3150
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2425–6.4525/bu+0.01−52–−31¢/BuSeptember (U)5.5550
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2875–6.4375/bu+0.15−115–−100¢/BuSeptember (U)4.2283
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3875–6.5375/bu+0.15−105–−90¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3117
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.4375–6.5875/bu+0.15−100–−85¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3517
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5375–6.6875/bu+0.15−90–−75¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4317
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0875–6.3375/bu+0.15−135–−110¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0617
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2525–5.8525/bu+0.01−151–−91¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4893
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4125–6.0125/bu+0.01−135–−75¢/BuSeptember (U)4.8664
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4925–6.1725/bu+0.01−127–−59¢/BuSeptember (U)5.1579
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4875–6.0375/bu+0.15−195–−140¢/BuSeptember (U)3.6733
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.5875–6.1375/bu+0.15−185–−130¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8067
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6375–6.1875/bu+0.15−180–−125¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8900
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7375–6.2875/bu+0.15−170–−115¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0567
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.2875–5.8575/bu+0.15−215–−158¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4067
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4000/bu+0.15——5.8100
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7525/bu+0.01−101¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9125/bu+0.01−85¢/BuSeptember (U)4.9850
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9925/bu+0.01−77¢/BuSeptember (U)5.2250
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9875/bu+0.15−145¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7950
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0875/bu+0.15−135¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1375/bu+0.15−130¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2375/bu+0.15−120¢/BuSeptember (U)4.2450
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7875/bu+0.15−165¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4950

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.