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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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L/H (°F)		 36/60 44/72 44/79 48/58 40/57
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L/H (°F)		 33/60 38/72 41/79 44/58 36/57
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(°F)		 32 40 48 43 35
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Temp: 37oF Feels Like: 32oF
Humid: 100% Dew Pt: 37oF
Barom: 30.11 Wind Dir: NE
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 7 mph
Sunrise: 6:02 Sunset: 8:05
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 5:00 AM
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Southern Rain, Midwest Frosts Saturday
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High: 60°F
Low: 36°F
Precip: 0%		 High: 72°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 462'6 471'2 461'6 467'6 3'4 468'2s 05/01 Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 473'6 483'4 472'6 479'4 5'4 480'2s 05/01 Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 478'4 487'6 478'0 484'0 4'6 484'4s 05/01 Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 492'4 501'6 492'2 498'2 4'4 498'6s 05/01 Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 506'0 514'2 505'2 511'2 4'2 511'4s 05/01 Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 514'0 521'2 514'0 518'2 4'2 518'6s 05/01 Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 517'4 524'6 517'4 522'0 4'2 522'2s 05/01 Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 496'2 503'0 496'2 501'0 3'6 501'0s 05/01 Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 499'2 506'0 499'0 503'6 3'4 503'6s 05/01 Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1179'6 1188'0 1178'6 1187'0 5'6 1187'6s 05/01 Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1195'4 1205'0 1193'6 1201'4 7'6 1203'2s 05/01 Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1189'4 1199'4 1188'0 1196'0 8'0 1197'2s 05/01 Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1165'6 1179'2 1165'6 1175'6 9'2 1177'0s 05/01 Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1172'0 1184'4 1171'0 1180'6 9'6 1182'6s 05/01 Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1183'2 1197'0 1183'0 1193'4 10'4 1195'2s 05/01 Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1178'0 1194'6 1178'0 1191'2 11'0 1193'0s 05/01 Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1180'4 1197'2 1180'4 1194'2 10'6 1195'6s 05/01 Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1189'4 1203'4 1189'4 1201'0 12'0 1202'0s 05/01 Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3223 3240 3200 3206 - 15 3208s 05/01 Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3192 3215 3179 3191 4 3193s 05/01 Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3149 3171 3140 3145 3149s 05/01 Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3124 3134 3107 3110 2 3116s 05/01 Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3096 3106 3081 3087 6 3092s 05/01 Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3115 3135 3113 3122 11 3126s 05/01 Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3127 3141 3120 3129 16 3135s 05/01 Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3110 3130 3110 3121 18 3128s 05/01 Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3110 3130 3110 3123 19 3129s 05/01 Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 92.750 93.925 92.525 92.850 -0.625 92.825s 05/01 Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 101.400 102.450 100.350 101.325 - 1.000 101.275s 05/01 Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 104.250 104.825 103.075 103.450 - 1.675 103.375s 05/01 Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 104.375 105.350 103.750 104.025 - 1.600 103.850s 05/01 Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 90.000 90.425 89.050 89.525 -1.275 89.250s 05/01 Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 82.250 82.675 81.325 82.075 -0.975 81.725s 05/01 Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 85.500 85.700 84.475 85.225 -0.800 84.925s 05/01 Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 89.400 89.600 88.525 89.250 -0.700 89.000s 05/01 Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 253.900 256.625 252.750 253.000 - 1.000 253.000s 05/01 Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 248.675 251.650 247.600 247.925 - 0.850 247.825s 05/01 Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 243.400 246.550 242.325 242.450 - 1.025 242.450s 05/01 Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 242.575 245.900 241.700 241.725 - 0.775 241.850s 05/01 Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 242.850 245.900 241.725 241.750 - 0.825 241.850s 05/01 Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 242.050 245.300 241.200 241.425 - 0.775 241.350s 05/01 Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 236.025 238.625 234.825 234.900 - 0.800 234.925s 05/01 Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 232.550 235.525 232.550 232.550 - 0.575 231.975s 05/01 Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 372.850 378.275 371.200 371.250 - 1.250 371.400s 05/01 Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 373.375 379.450 371.950 372.025 - 1.350 372.175s 05/01 Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 371.725 377.825 370.425 370.550 - 1.275 370.700s 05/01 Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 369.900 375.575 368.425 368.425 - 1.150 368.600s 05/01 Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 366.350 372.800 365.600 365.600 - 1.075 365.825s 05/01 Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 361.350 366.425 359.725 359.825 - 0.950 359.900s 05/01 Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 358.975 361.600 358.650 358.650 - 0.600 355.175s 05/01 Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 357.000 357.000 355.100 355.100 - 0.400 352.975s 05/01 Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 49901.00 50138.00 49561.00 49595.00 - 189.00 49646.00s 05/01 Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 50253.00 50439.00 49875.00 49875.00 - 190.00 49952.00s 05/01 Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 7256.00 7300.75 7240.75 7247.75 14.25 7258.00s 05/01 Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 7310.00 7355.75 7299.75 7303.25 14.50 7314.00s 05/01 Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 27631.75 27917.00 27536.25 27783.25 239.75 27835.75s 05/01 Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 27857.00 28167.75 27793.75 28040.00 241.50 28087.50s 05/01 Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 77.08 77.17 76.25 76.60 0.29 76.65s 05/01 Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 74.51 75.40 74.51 75.12 0.62 75.16s 05/01 Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 72.97 73.78 72.96 73.46 0.57 73.54s 05/01 Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 71.55 72.33 71.50 72.02 0.55 72.13s 05/01 Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 70.29 71.03 70.18 70.79 0.55 70.88s 05/01 Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 69.40 70.22 69.30 69.90 0.59 70.03s 05/01 Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 68.78 69.68 68.71 69.35 0.64 69.50s 05/01 Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 67.90 68.87 67.89 68.65 0.70 68.77s 05/01 Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 632'0 632'0 620'2 626'6 0'6 624'4s 05/01 Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 637'6 644'6 632'6 636'4 1'0 637'6s 05/01 Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 653'0 659'4 648'0 651'6 0'6 652'4s 05/01 Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 674'2 680'2 668'6 672'4 0'2 673'2s 05/01 Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 690'2 697'2 686'0 689'2 0'0 690'2s 05/01 Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 700'0 704'0 693'4 696'2 0'4 698'0s 05/01 Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 688'0 696'6 688'0 693'4 3'0 695'0s 05/01 Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 700'0 700'6 694'4 700'6 4'0 702'0s 05/01 Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 710'4 715'6 707'2 715'6 5'0 716'2s 05/01 Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 76605.0 79420.0 76515.0 78220.0 2035.0 78775.0s 05/01 Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
Jun 26 76910.0 79590.0 76910.0 78625.0 2045.0 79105.0s 05/01 Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
Jul 26 78105.0 79640.0 78065.0 79640.0 2050.0 79480.0s 05/01 Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 4636.7 4636.7 4581.7 4607.7 15.2 4629.9s 05/01 Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
Jun 26 4636.9 4673.0 4570.0 4625.6 14.9 4644.5s 05/01 Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
Jul 26 4659.6 4688.9 4592.0 4639.8 15.0 4661.4s 05/01 Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 74.420 76.880 73.110 75.470 2.417 75.951s 05/01 Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
Jun 26 74.435 77.120 73.200 75.625 2.397 76.166s 05/01 Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
Jul 26 74.315 77.525 73.435 75.840 2.403 76.431s 05/01 Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 105.14 106.65 99.30 102.50 - 3.13 101.94s 05/01 Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
Jul 26 99.14 100.81 94.28 97.22 - 2.60 96.54s 05/01 Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
Aug 26 94.12 95.13 89.59 92.31 -1.91 91.56s 05/01 Chart for QCL6Q Options for QCL6Q
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