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Kat's Grain is GROWING and looking for ANOTHER (no one is leaving! :) Full-Time Grain Merchandiser. Future Goal: Applicant MUST be willing to study/pass Series 3 Commodity and Iowa Crop Insurance Exam.  Those interested please EMAIL resume to john@katsgrain.com. Thank you!

 

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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 75oF Feels Like: 77oF
Humid: 100% Dew Pt: 75oF
Barom: 30.07 Wind Dir: N
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 0 mph
Sunrise: 6:07 Sunset: 8:17
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 2:00 PM
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Local Forecast
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High: 80°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 437'0 440'2 434'2 438'6 2'2 439'0s 02:48P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 460'4 463'0 457'2 461'2 2'0 462'0s 02:47P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 476'0 478'4 473'0 477'0 1'6 477'4s 02:59P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 485'4 487'4 482'0 486'0 1'4 486'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 491'0 493'0 487'6 491'4 1'4 492'0s 01:20P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 481'0 483'4 479'4 482'4 1'4 482'6s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 488'6 491'0 486'4 489'4 1'4 490'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 500'2 502'2 499'0 501'4 1'2 501'4s 01:20P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 508'0 508'0 508'0 508'0 1'2 507'4s 01:20P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 1151'6 1157'4 1151'2 1157'4 5'6 1157'2s 01:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1157'2 1161'0 1151'6 1159'2 3'4 1160'0s 02:53P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1175'2 1179'0 1170'4 1177'4 3'0 1177'6s 02:59P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1190'0 1194'0 1185'6 1192'2 3'0 1192'6s 02:31P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1196'4 1200'6 1192'4 1198'4 2'6 1199'2s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1204'4 1208'4 1200'4 1206'0 2'4 1207'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1211'6 1214'2 1206'2 1212'2 1'4 1212'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1199'6 1200'4 1194'2 1198'4 0'6 1198'6s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1164'2 1166'6 1164'0 1164'0 -0'6 1165'4s 01:20P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 3093 3108 3093 3107 14 3107s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3108 3125 3097 3111 14 3116s 02:43P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3122 3136 3106 3118 11 3123s 02:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3162 3181 3150 3162 10 3166s 02:44P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3189 3207 3176 3188 8 3193s 02:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3226 3235 3207 3220 4 3223s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3251 3260 3233 3246 2 3250s 01:30P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3291 3291 3263 3274 2 3278s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3275 3275 3253 3262 - 1 3265s 01:20P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 96.475 97.150 95.375 95.600 -1.100 95.500s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 82.850 83.500 81.550 81.675 -1.300 81.725s 02:30P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 74.475 74.625 73.075 73.100 -1.425 73.225s 02:44P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 78.075 78.250 76.875 76.875 -1.300 76.975s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 83.175 83.300 81.975 82.000 -1.275 82.050s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 86.425 86.425 86.025 86.025 -0.950 85.950s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 95.275 95.375 94.350 94.400 -1.250 94.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 96.125 96.150 95.275 95.375 -1.175 95.300s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 95.425 95.700 94.600 94.725 -1.050 94.675s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 81.100 -1.050 79.825s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 72.525 -1.400 72.575s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 234.575 234.750 230.500 231.300 - 2.950 231.225s 02:31P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 229.975 230.050 224.000 225.200 - 4.550 224.925s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 229.175 229.425 223.375 224.600 - 4.300 224.375s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 229.075 229.275 223.550 224.650 - 3.950 224.575s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 228.950 229.150 223.775 224.700 - 3.875 224.650s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 221.075 221.275 216.550 217.125 - 3.500 217.125s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 215.875 215.875 211.825 212.500 - 3.150 212.425s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 213.850 213.850 210.600 210.950 - 2.900 210.900s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 214.000 214.000 210.875 210.925 - 2.800 211.100s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 210.575 210.575 210.575 210.575 - 3.075 210.650s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 354.500 354.525 347.000 348.250 - 5.275 348.050s 02:30P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 349.400 349.450 340.325 341.750 - 6.800 341.575s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 340.250 340.250 330.500 331.950 - 7.475 331.950s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 332.725 332.725 322.825 324.475 - 7.575 324.350s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 324.000 324.000 314.500 316.150 - 7.075 316.025s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 317.850 317.850 309.900 311.150 - 6.600 311.400s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 315.250 315.775 309.175 310.525 - 5.825 310.625s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 313.375 313.375 307.600 308.200 - 6.125 308.400s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 313.700 313.700 306.750 308.500 - 5.125 308.250s 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 54555.00 54678.00 53964.00 54027.00 - 467.00 54013.00 03:01P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 54980.00 55089.00 54380.00 54433.00 - 486.00 54426.00 03:01P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7756.75 7770.75 7724.25 7737.25 - 12.25 7734.75 03:01P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7830.00 7841.75 7792.75 7807.75 - 15.00 7803.25 03:01P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 29569.50 29686.25 29241.25 29530.00 - 85.00 29488.25 03:01P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 29885.00 29986.00 29544.50 29834.75 - 80.25 29787.75 03:01P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 67.87 67.87 67.48 67.51 -0.05 67.70s 01:20P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 67.75 68.28 67.24 67.71 0.02 67.74s 02:58P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 67.43 67.96 67.00 67.50 0.12 67.54s 02:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 67.20 67.72 66.75 67.31 0.20 67.37s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 67.09 67.64 66.69 67.30 0.24 67.35s 01:20P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 66.97 67.52 66.60 67.20 0.24 67.25s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 66.81 67.36 66.52 67.15 0.26 67.17s 01:20P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 66.55 67.09 66.36 66.91 0.27 66.95s 01:30P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 643'6 649'0 626'6 630'4 -11'0 631'2s 02:34P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 662'4 667'4 646'0 649'4 -10'6 650'4s 01:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 679'0 683'0 662'4 666'4 -10'4 667'2s 01:30P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 686'4 690'2 671'2 675'4 -9'4 676'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 685'0 688'4 671'0 676'4 -6'6 677'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 691'4 694'4 678'4 683'6 -5'4 685'2s 01:30P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 703'6 705'6 691'2 696'6 -4'4 698'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 700'6 -3'4 706'6s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 706'6 -2'4 707'0s 01:20P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 64955.0 65255.0 64315.0 64650.0 - 430.0 64620.0 03:00P Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 65170.0 65455.0 64580.0 64885.0 - 465.0 64870.0 03:00P Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
Oct 26 65475.0 65725.0 64910.0 65475.0 - 460.0 65180.0 03:00P Chart for @BTC6V Options for @BTC6V
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 4297.0 4297.0 4228.0 4242.7 - 3.1 4242.0 03:00P Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 4259.9 4316.1 4235.5 4262.1 4.5 4252.8 03:00P Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
Oct 26 4275.2 4331.5 4249.8 4277.1 3.8 4268.0 03:00P Chart for QGC6V Options for QGC6V
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 61.910 61.910 61.520 61.520 -0.579 61.439 03:00P Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 62.200 63.320 61.120 62.075 -0.213 61.606 03:00P Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
Oct 26 62.995 63.250 61.390 62.130 -0.381 61.823 03:00P Chart for QSI6V Options for QSI6V
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 75.14 78.33 74.57 77.71 2.49 77.29 03:00P Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
Oct 26 74.01 77.08 73.47 76.55 2.50 76.16 03:00P Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
Nov 26 72.89 75.68 72.40 75.24 2.30 74.91 03:00P Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
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