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L/H (°F)		 20/43 11/31 6/25 11/38 15/53
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DTN Market News
DTN Weekly DDG Price Unchanged on Average
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Weekly Beef Export Sales 02/05 07:35
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 48oF Feels Like: 43oF
Humid: 50% Dew Pt: 30oF
Barom: 29.84 Wind Dir: WNW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 14 mph
Sunrise: 7:13 Sunset: 5:28
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 3:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
Strong Clipper Moving Through Great Lakes, Northeast Friday
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 429'0 435'6 427'0 435'2 5'4 435'0s 03:19P Chart for @C6H Options for @C6H
May 26 436'2 443'4 434'4 443'2 6'0 443'0s 03:17P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 443'0 449'6 441'0 449'2 6'0 449'2s 03:15P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 442'2 447'2 440'0 446'6 4'4 447'0s 02:48P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 456'4 461'2 454'4 461'2 3'6 461'0s 03:15P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 469'2 473'0 467'2 473'0 3'2 472'6s 02:46P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 474'6 479'0 473'6 478'6 3'2 478'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 477'2 482'4 477'2 482'4 3'2 482'2s 03:06P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 463'2 467'4 463'0 467'2 2'2 467'2s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 1090'2 1113'2 1086'6 1110'6 20'0 1112'2s 03:18P Chart for @S6H Options for @S6H
May 26 1102'6 1127'2 1100'0 1124'6 21'2 1126'0s 03:15P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1115'6 1138'0 1112'0 1135'6 20'4 1137'2s 03:15P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1107'0 1127'6 1103'4 1125'6 18'4 1127'0s 01:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1081'6 1097'6 1077'0 1096'6 13'6 1097'4s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1084'4 1099'2 1080'0 1097'2 11'0 1098'4s 03:15P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1096'2 1109'0 1091'2 1107'2 9'6 1108'2s 02:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1098'4 1109'2 1093'2 1108'0 9'0 1108'4s 03:13P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1103'2 1113'4 1098'0 1111'4 8'2 1112'4s 01:20P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 2965 3055 2955 3028 70 3032s 02:31P Chart for @SM6H Options for @SM6H
May 26 3003 3089 2993 3067 66 3069s 01:30P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3047 3129 3037 3110 66 3114s 03:21P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3059 3135 3047 3120 64 3123s 02:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3060 3132 3047 3118 61 3122s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3057 3121 3043 3110 57 3113s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3087 3149 3073 3138 54 3142s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3102 3156 3091 3148 51 3153s 01:20P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3102 3163 3102 3155 48 3160s 01:20P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Feb 26 88.000 88.000 87.200 87.400 -0.700 87.300s 01:05P Chart for @HE6G Options for @HE6G
Apr 26 98.000 98.650 96.875 98.575 -0.075 98.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 101.450 101.700 100.400 101.625 - 0.250 101.500s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 110.150 110.800 109.150 110.625 - 0.025 110.550s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 110.950 111.525 109.975 111.350 0.025 111.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 109.550 110.050 108.650 109.900 0.025 109.925s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 91.750 91.950 90.875 91.825 -0.125 91.875s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 82.225 82.225 81.450 82.100 -0.400 82.025s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Feb 26 239.550 239.575 233.275 235.225 - 5.275 235.250s 02:31P Chart for @LE6G Options for @LE6G
Apr 26 240.350 240.425 234.550 235.650 - 6.200 235.600s 01:05P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 235.675 235.950 229.975 232.375 - 5.025 232.200s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 233.375 233.500 227.475 230.725 - 4.275 230.450s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 233.225 233.225 227.100 230.600 - 3.900 230.300s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 233.075 233.550 228.025 230.825 - 3.975 230.675s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 232.700 233.675 229.625 230.850 - 4.100 230.425s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 232.900 232.900 229.400 229.950 - 4.050 229.500s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 368.275 368.275 360.825 364.450 - 6.000 364.075s 01:05P Chart for @GF6H Options for @GF6H
Apr 26 365.600 365.800 358.250 361.050 - 7.000 360.500s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 362.225 362.300 354.500 356.600 - 7.550 356.200s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 360.925 360.925 353.725 355.500 - 7.250 355.025s 02:30P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 355.725 357.675 352.500 353.425 - 7.025 352.875s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 350.250 354.750 350.125 350.825 - 6.750 350.300s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 348.000 350.975 346.850 347.300 - 6.525 346.775s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 343.025 344.650 340.000 340.000 - 6.050 340.000s 02:38P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 49524.00 49690.00 48864.00 48883.00 - 706.00 48998.00 03:21P Chart for @YM6H Options for @YM6H
Jun 26 49931.00 50015.00 49192.00 49195.00 - 720.00 49324.00 03:21P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
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Mar 26 6915.50 6935.25 6800.00 6803.75 -102.50 6820.75 03:21P Chart for @ES6H Options for @ES6H
Jun 26 6970.25 6988.50 6852.00 6852.00 -107.50 6872.50 03:21P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
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Mar 26 25061.75 25169.00 24530.00 24545.00 - 454.25 24651.00 03:21P Chart for @NQ6H Options for @NQ6H
Jun 26 25324.50 25377.50 24741.25 24741.25 - 479.50 24867.00 03:21P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 55.59 55.98 55.20 55.63 -0.01 55.65s 02:31P Chart for @BO6H Options for @BO6H
May 26 56.18 56.50 55.72 56.13 -0.01 56.17s 02:30P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 56.26 56.71 55.94 56.35 -0.01 56.39s 01:30P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 527'0 536'4 522'6 534'6 8'4 535'2s 03:06P Chart for @W6H Options for @W6H
May 26 536'2 545'0 532'2 544'2 7'6 544'0s 03:03P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 547'2 555'6 543'0 554'2 7'4 554'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 560'4 567'6 556'2 566'6 7'0 567'2s 02:30P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 578'6 586'2 574'4 585'4 6'6 585'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 593'4 601'2 591'4 601'2 6'2 601'4s 02:49P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 602'2 602'2 602'2 602'2 6'0 609'6s 01:20P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 601'0 609'2 601'0 609'2 6'2 608'4s 01:20P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 620'0 6'2 617'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Feb 26 69710.0 70985.0 62480.0 63600.0 -9970.0 63795.0 03:21P Chart for @BTC6G Options for @BTC6G
Mar 26 69860.0 71110.0 62820.0 64020.0 -9835.0 64030.0 03:21P Chart for @BTC6H Options for @BTC6H
Apr 26 70500.0 70500.0 63520.0 63555.0 -9855.0 64295.0 03:21P Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Feb 26 5008.7 5012.3 4796.9 4812.5 -107.9 4861.4 03:21P Chart for QGC6G Options for QGC6G
Mar 26 4982.7 5025.5 4792.5 4811.7 -121.7 4872.9 03:21P Chart for QGC6H Options for QGC6H
Apr 26 4986.6 5045.0 4805.0 4829.1 -121.7 4889.5 03:21P Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Feb 26 88.440 88.440 71.555 74.500 -7.636 76.529 03:21P Chart for QSI6G Options for QSI6G
Mar 26 87.645 89.830 71.500 72.415 -11.981 76.714 03:21P Chart for QSI6H Options for QSI6H
Apr 26 88.370 90.070 72.045 73.945 -10.784 76.993 03:21P Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 64.49 64.67 62.65 63.14 -2.00 63.29 03:21P Chart for QCL6H Options for QCL6H
Apr 26 64.10 64.29 62.37 62.87 -1.88 63.01 03:21P Chart for QCL6J Options for QCL6J
May 26 63.85 63.94 62.08 62.58 -1.78 62.73 03:21P Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
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