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Montana Daily Elevator Grain Bids

Montana · Billings · Thu, Aug 20
● Bids as filed52 quotesUSDA AMS · slug 2771

Wheat

Bid per bushel · basis vs futures
Delivery pointGradeFreightBidChangeBasisFuturesYear ago
Billings
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0375–6.3375/bu+0.07−97–−67¢/BuSeptember (U)4.9225
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1575–6.5075/bu+0.07−85–−50¢/BuSeptember (U)5.3225
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2375–6.8275/bu+0.07−77–−18¢/BuSeptember (U)5.6425
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.4725–6.8225/bu+0.00−115–−80¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5225–6.9225/bu+0.00−110–−70¢/BuSeptember (U)4.2458
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5425–6.9725/bu+0.00−108–−65¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5625–7.0725/bu+0.00−106–−55¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4125
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.4225–6.6725/bu+0.00−120–−95¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9625
Golden Triangle
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1075–6.3575/bu+0.07−90–−65¢/BuSeptember (U)5.0058
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.4775–6.5075/bu+0.07−53–−50¢/BuSeptember (U)5.3792
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5575–6.8275/bu+0.07−45–−18¢/BuSeptember (U)5.6458
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5725–6.7225/bu+0.00−105–−90¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3725
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.6725–6.8225/bu+0.00−95–−80¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4725
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.7225–6.8725/bu+0.00−90–−75¢/BuSeptember (U)4.5225
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.8125–6.9725/bu+0.00−81–−65¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6225
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3725–6.5725/bu+0.00−125–−105¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1725
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.9000/bu————
Great Falls
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.4075–6.4575/bu+0.07−60–−55¢/BuSeptember (U)4.9225
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5275–6.5775/bu+0.07−48–−43¢/BuSeptember (U)5.3725
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.6075–6.6575/bu+0.07−40–−35¢/BuSeptember (U)5.6725
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5225–6.6225/bu+0.00−110–−100¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3000
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5725–6.6725/bu+0.00−105–−95¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4000
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.6025–6.6925/bu+0.00−102–−93¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.6625–6.7325/bu+0.00−96–−89¢/BuSeptember (U)4.5500
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.4225–6.5225/bu+0.00−120–−110¢/BuSeptember (U)4.1000
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered4.8000–6.0000/bu———7.0000
North Central
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.0575–6.4075/bu+0.07−95–−60¢/BuSeptember (U)4.9492
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.4075–6.5275/bu+0.07−60–−48¢/BuSeptember (U)5.3225
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.4875–6.6975/bu+0.07−52–−31¢/BuSeptember (U)5.5625
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.4725–6.6225/bu+0.00−115–−100¢/BuSeptember (U)4.2658
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.5725–6.7225/bu+0.00−105–−90¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3492
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.6225–6.7725/bu+0.00−100–−85¢/BuSeptember (U)4.3892
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.7125–6.8725/bu+0.00−91–−75¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4692
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2725–6.4725/bu+0.00−135–−115¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0992
Northeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4975–6.0975/bu+0.07−151–−91¢/BuSeptember (U)4.4968
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6575–6.2575/bu+0.07−135–−75¢/BuSeptember (U)4.8739
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7375–6.4175/bu+0.07−127–−59¢/BuSeptember (U)5.1654
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.6725–6.2225/bu+0.00−195–−140¢/BuSeptember (U)3.7108
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.7725–6.3225/bu+0.00−185–−130¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8442
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.8225–6.3725/bu+0.00−180–−125¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9275
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9225–6.4725/bu+0.00−170–−115¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0942
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4725–6.0425/bu+0.00−215–−158¢/BuSeptember (U)3.4442
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.4000/bu———5.8100
Southeast
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9975/bu+0.07−101¢/BuSeptember (U)4.6325
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1575/bu+0.07−85¢/BuSeptember (U)4.9925
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2375/bu+0.07−77¢/BuSeptember (U)5.2325
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.1725/bu+0.00−145¢/BuSeptember (U)3.8325
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.2725/bu+0.00−135¢/BuSeptember (U)3.9825
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.3225/bu+0.00−130¢/BuSeptember (U)4.0825
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered6.4225/bu+0.00−120¢/BuSeptember (U)4.2825
Country ElevatorsUS #1Delivered5.9725/bu+0.00−165¢/BuSeptember (U)3.5325

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.