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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Weather
Condition		 Mostly Cloudy Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Partly Cloudy Thunder Storms
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 72/92 73/91 72/92 67/88 70/93
Feels
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L/H (°F)		 82/97 74/101 74/103 67/92 70/106
Dew Point
(°F)		 70 73 74 69 73
Humidity
(%)		 51 67 69 65 71
Wind
Speed
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Precip
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DTN Weekly DDG Price Slightly Higher on Average
DTN Early Word Grains 07/16 05:52
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DTN Midday Livestock Comments 07/16 11:43
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 07/15 16:03
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CME Feeder Cattle Index 07/13
Weekly Beef Export Sales 07/16 07:35
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AI Stocks Slump Again; Oil Prices Rise 07/16 09:16

Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 90oF Feels Like: 96oF
Humid: 52% Dew Pt: 70oF
Barom: 30 Wind Dir: S
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 2 mph
Sunrise: 5:47 Sunset: 8:37
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 2:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
Wildfire Smoke, Increasing Showers for Midwest Friday
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Local Forecast
Washington, IA
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High: 92°F
Low: 72°F
Precip: 0%		 High: 91°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 446'6 452'0 440'2 441'0 -6'0 441'4s 02:33P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 468'4 474'2 463'0 463'4 -5'4 464'0s 02:33P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 482'6 489'0 478'2 478'6 -4'6 479'4s 02:33P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 491'4 497'2 487'2 488'0 -4'2 488'2s 02:34P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 496'4 502'0 492'2 492'6 -4'2 493'2s 02:32P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 484'0 488'0 480'0 480'4 -3'2 481'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 489'2 493'6 486'4 487'6 -3'2 487'2s 02:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 501'0 504'0 498'2 498'2 -2'6 498'2s 01:20P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 508'0 508'0 508'0 508'0 -3'0 504'2s 01:20P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 1202'0 1207'6 1193'2 1193'6 -7'2 1195'0s 02:32P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1191'4 1197'2 1183'4 1183'6 -7'0 1185'2s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1200'4 1206'6 1193'6 1193'6 -6'6 1195'0s 02:30P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1213'6 1220'6 1208'0 1208'2 -6'2 1209'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1218'0 1224'2 1211'6 1211'6 -6'0 1213'4s 01:29P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1223'2 1229'4 1217'2 1217'4 -5'6 1219'2s 02:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1229'0 1235'2 1223'2 1223'2 -6'0 1224'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1218'0 1219'6 1208'4 1208'4 -7'0 1209'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1171'2 -7'4 1174'4s 01:20P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 3189 3247 3180 3225 40 3229s 02:35P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3176 3234 3164 3201 29 3205s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3164 3222 3153 3185 22 3187s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3200 3258 3188 3223 24 3224s 02:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3216 3272 3204 3240 26 3242s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3226 3278 3220 3251 24 3253s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3223 3286 3223 3262 22 3264s 01:20P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3267 3308 3259 3287 20 3288s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3277 3292 3277 3280 20 3280s 01:20P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 100.325 100.925 99.950 100.325 - 0.050 100.275s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 86.300 87.550 86.300 86.975 0.200 86.925s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 77.025 78.500 77.025 77.975 0.575 77.950s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 80.275 81.850 80.275 81.225 0.625 81.125s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 85.125 86.500 84.900 85.750 0.625 85.750s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 89.400 90.200 89.400 89.450 0.600 89.600s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 96.950 98.350 96.925 97.450 0.250 97.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 97.750 98.925 97.750 97.950 0.150 97.900s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 97.000 97.550 96.875 97.125 0.100 97.100s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 82.000 82.000 81.500 81.500 -0.475 81.500s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 74.500 -0.475 74.500s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 230.475 230.500 226.025 226.850 - 3.050 227.075s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 226.250 226.325 222.100 223.050 - 2.725 223.275s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 225.775 225.850 221.825 222.925 - 2.350 223.200s 02:30P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 226.500 226.575 222.725 223.775 - 2.275 224.000s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 226.675 226.900 223.400 224.150 - 2.300 224.375s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 220.150 220.325 217.000 217.825 - 2.125 218.075s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 215.650 215.700 213.750 214.900 - 2.000 214.900s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 214.425 214.425 213.300 213.925 - 1.875 214.000s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 216.300 216.300 213.175 213.925 - 2.025 214.300s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 213.225 213.225 213.000 213.000 - 2.200 214.000s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 350.250 350.650 343.600 346.875 - 3.350 346.600s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 344.450 344.625 338.000 340.275 - 4.025 340.350s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 338.875 339.000 332.175 334.200 - 4.400 334.450s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 334.000 334.375 327.800 329.700 - 4.450 330.050s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 327.900 327.950 321.475 323.750 - 4.225 323.950s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 322.750 322.750 318.125 320.650 - 3.825 320.650s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 321.950 321.950 317.400 319.250 - 3.900 319.825s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 322.250 322.250 316.900 317.850 - 3.900 318.225s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 317.500 318.625 316.300 316.625 - 3.350 317.725s 01:05P Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 52919.00 53108.00 52613.00 52627.00 - 273.00 52900.00 02:36P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 53322.00 53512.00 53028.00 53031.00 - 278.00 53309.00 02:36P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7615.00 7632.00 7553.50 7555.50 - 59.25 7614.75 02:36P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7687.50 7697.75 7622.50 7622.50 - 59.50 7682.00 02:36P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 29709.00 29797.00 29118.25 29138.50 - 554.75 29693.25 02:36P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 30040.00 30084.25 29418.00 29456.00 - 538.50 29994.50 02:36P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 73.02 73.28 72.28 72.34 -0.49 72.43s 02:30P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 72.14 72.55 71.59 71.62 -0.47 71.71s 01:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 71.45 71.78 70.88 70.91 -0.40 71.00s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 71.00 71.38 70.44 70.51 -0.37 70.57s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 70.65 71.10 70.25 70.27 -0.37 70.36s 01:20P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 70.33 70.68 69.85 69.86 -0.39 69.94s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 69.66 70.17 69.39 69.39 -0.39 69.48s 01:30P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 69.33 69.53 68.80 68.82 -0.37 68.91s 01:30P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 677'0 698'2 669'4 674'2 -2'6 674'6s 02:30P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 691'6 712'2 684'0 690'6 -1'0 691'0s 02:31P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 702'4 722'4 696'2 704'2 0'6 704'2s 02:31P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 705'4 725'2 701'6 709'6 2'0 709'6s 01:30P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 703'0 720'4 698'0 707'6 2'4 708'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 710'6 725'0 709'0 713'4 2'0 714'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 722'0 735'4 720'0 725'0 1'0 725'2s 01:30P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 730'2 740'0 730'0 731'2 1'0 732'6s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 731'6 739'0 723'0 728'0 1'2 730'2s 01:20P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 64975.0 65105.0 63920.0 64355.0 - 730.0 65085.0 02:36P Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
Aug 26 64880.0 65275.0 64175.0 64540.0 - 800.0 65340.0 02:36P Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 65480.0 64455.0 65975.0 65585.0 Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 4030.5 4030.5 3978.4 3978.4 - 65.6 3985.6 02:36P Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
Aug 26 4068.9 4071.9 3974.6 3975.3 - 76.5 3992.1 02:36P Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 4084.0 4084.0 3989.2 3989.2 - 75.9 4005.4 02:36P Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 55.915 56.085 55.915 56.085 -1.212 55.898 02:36P Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
Aug 26 57.960 57.960 55.415 55.630 -1.602 55.996 02:36P Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 58.120 58.230 55.595 55.680 -1.753 56.187 02:36P Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 80.00 80.87 78.58 79.04 -0.56 78.95 02:36P Chart for QCL6Q Options for QCL6Q
Sep 26 79.45 80.29 78.00 78.38 -0.74 78.28 02:36P Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
Oct 26 78.25 79.17 77.09 77.45 -0.63 77.34 02:36P Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
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