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Local Conditions
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Temp: 84oF Feels Like: 82oF
Humid: 23% Dew Pt: 43oF
Barom: 29.97 Wind Dir: S
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 12 mph
Sunrise: 5:38 Sunset: 8:28
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 3:00 PM
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Solid Storms for South, Scattered in Plains Wednesday
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A stalled front is bringing widespread showers, storms and flooding risk from the South through the Upper Midwest. » More DTN Weather Commentary
Posted at 12:10PM Tue May 26, 2026 CDT

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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 458'2 463'0 456'4 458'0 -5'6 457'4s 03:59P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 465'0 469'6 463'2 464'6 -5'4 464'2s 03:58P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 480'6 487'2 480'0 482'4 -4'4 482'0s 03:59P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 495'6 501'2 494'2 497'0 -4'2 496'4s 03:45P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 502'2 508'4 501'4 504'2 -4'0 504'0s 01:20P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 506'6 512'0 505'4 507'6 -4'0 507'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 488'4 493'0 488'4 490'0 -3'4 489'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 493'4 496'6 491'6 494'0 -3'0 494'2s 03:39P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 502'6 505'4 502'6 504'2 -3'0 504'4s 01:20P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 1192'0 1193'4 1184'4 1185'4 -10'4 1186'0s 03:49P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1190'0 1192'6 1183'4 1184'6 -10'0 1185'0s 01:20P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1176'0 1178'2 1169'4 1171'0 -9'0 1171'2s 02:47P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1184'0 1186'4 1178'0 1179'4 -7'4 1180'2s 03:42P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1196'4 1199'2 1191'2 1193'0 -6'2 1193'4s 02:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1195'4 1198'4 1190'4 1192'2 -5'2 1193'0s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1196'6 1201'0 1193'6 1195'2 -4'4 1196'0s 03:35P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1200'4 1206'6 1199'0 1200'6 -4'2 1201'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1188'6 -3'4 1186'4s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 3319 3319 3281 3285 - 33 3286s 03:53P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3246 3250 3210 3213 - 36 3212s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3210 3213 3174 3179 - 33 3177s 03:56P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3171 3187 3150 3157 - 33 3154s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3221 3228 3189 3197 - 30 3194s 01:20P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3221 3239 3204 3212 - 27 3209s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3218 3237 3208 3216 - 19 3215s 01:20P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3219 3237 3216 3223 - 15 3222s 01:30P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3241 3259 3240 3246 - 11 3247s 01:20P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 95.700 96.425 95.525 96.000 0.375 96.125s 03:56P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 100.450 101.000 99.600 100.025 - 0.275 100.125s 03:57P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 100.075 100.425 98.550 99.000 - 1.025 99.050s 03:26P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 86.750 87.225 85.425 85.875 -1.175 85.950s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 79.825 79.950 78.225 78.650 -1.125 78.725s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 82.625 82.625 81.125 81.525 -1.075 81.625s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 86.625 86.725 85.050 85.450 -1.025 85.550s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 90.200 -1.025 88.675s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 249.050 251.125 247.050 248.350 - 1.075 248.225s 03:43P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 239.000 242.150 237.750 239.300 - 0.450 239.150s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 230.250 232.950 229.450 231.100 0.225 230.950s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 229.700 232.100 229.025 230.675 0.450 230.550s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 230.750 232.775 229.750 231.350 0.375 231.275s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 230.600 232.500 229.575 231.275 0.325 231.075s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 224.750 226.600 223.700 225.375 0.325 225.100s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 222.875 223.875 222.000 222.000 0.275 222.400s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 348.700 353.375 347.400 349.375 - 0.400 349.450s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 346.050 350.425 344.400 346.975 0.125 347.025s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 341.925 346.825 341.050 343.975 0.275 343.900s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 338.625 343.500 337.600 340.550 0.450 340.650s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 333.025 336.950 331.525 334.550 0.575 334.525s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 329.025 332.925 327.675 330.650 0.650 330.600s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 329.000 330.650 326.625 327.275 0.550 328.925s 02:47P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 327.000 328.750 324.650 324.650 - 0.050 326.950s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
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Jun 26 50776.00 51209.00 50425.00 50520.00 - 115.00 50547.00s 04:00P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 51144.00 51525.00 50768.00 50832.00 - 107.00 50883.00s 04:00P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 7519.00 7569.75 7517.00 7532.75 46.00 7537.00s 04:00P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 7576.25 7630.25 7576.25 7594.00 46.50 7597.50s 04:00P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 29676.25 30118.75 29676.25 30044.25 514.75 30073.50s 04:00P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 30014.50 30397.00 30014.50 30318.50 520.00 30356.50s 04:00P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 73.05 74.40 72.99 74.29 0.38 74.36s 03:52P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 71.69 72.92 71.49 72.81 0.42 72.88s 03:08P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 70.25 71.65 70.22 71.57 0.47 71.62s 02:50P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 69.41 70.51 69.17 70.46 0.42 70.49s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 68.69 69.76 68.52 69.70 0.37 69.75s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 68.31 69.23 68.12 69.18 0.35 69.23s 01:20P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 67.92 68.76 67.72 68.70 0.36 68.76s 02:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 67.40 68.27 67.34 68.16 0.37 68.27s 01:20P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 640'0 645'2 634'6 635'0 -10'6 635'4s 03:53P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 653'4 658'6 647'6 648'4 -11'0 648'2s 03:12P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 673'0 678'6 668'4 669'0 -10'4 668'4s 03:15P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 688'6 694'6 685'4 685'6 -9'4 685'4s 01:20P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 695'4 702'4 694'0 695'2 -8'4 694'4s 01:30P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 700'6 703'4 695'6 698'4 -6'2 698'2s 01:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 707'6 710'2 702'4 706'6 -4'6 706'0s 02:30P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 719'6 720'4 718'2 718'6 -4'0 718'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 727'6 -2'2 726'4s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 76485.0 78085.0 75620.0 75950.0 120.0 75895.0s 04:00P Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
Jun 26 76560.0 78365.0 75920.0 76210.0 120.0 76190.0s 04:00P Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
Jul 26 77580.0 78040.0 77500.0 77500.0 115.0 76570.0s 04:00P Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 4572.8 4572.8 4501.1 4501.1 - 20.6 4500.4s 04:00P Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
Jun 26 4532.0 4583.3 4480.0 4507.3 - 20.9 4502.3s 04:00P Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
Jul 26 4548.2 4599.0 4497.2 4522.7 - 21.1 4517.9s 04:00P Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 77.505 77.505 76.095 76.265 0.412 76.305s 04:00P Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
Jun 26 76.060 78.900 75.630 77.000 0.409 76.341s 04:00P Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
Jul 26 76.750 79.250 75.760 77.270 0.407 76.606s 04:00P Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 93.88 94.70 89.41 93.57 -2.71 93.89s 04:00P Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
Aug 26 90.85 91.30 86.85 90.10 -2.67 90.42s 04:00P Chart for QCL6Q Options for QCL6Q
Sep 26 87.63 88.14 84.29 86.79 -2.44 87.15s 04:00P Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
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