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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: 70oF Feels Like: 71oF
Humid: 100% Dew Pt: 70oF
Barom: 29.98 Wind Dir: SW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 9 mph
Sunrise: 6:09 Sunset: 8:15
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 10:00 PM
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Damaging Storms Possible in the Upper Midwest This Afternoon
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Scattered showers, storms for the Upper Midwest. Heavier rain Friday night into Saturday morning for portions of the Delta. » More DTN Weather Commentary
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Local Forecast
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High: 82°F
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 439'0 444'4 438'4 438'6 0'0 439'0s 03:40P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 461'6 467'2 461'2 461'4 0'0 462'0s 03:12P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 477'2 482'4 476'6 477'0 0'2 477'6s 02:34P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 486'2 491'2 486'0 486'0 0'2 486'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 491'6 496'0 491'2 491'2 0'0 492'0s 02:31P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 482'2 486'0 481'2 481'4 -1'0 481'6s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 489'0 493'2 488'0 488'0 -1'6 488'4s 02:42P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 501'6 504'0 499'6 499'6 -1'6 499'6s 01:20P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 508'0 508'0 508'0 508'0 -1'4 506'0s 01:20P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 1165'4 1165'4 1157'6 1160'0 -0'6 1156'4s 01:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1160'0 1167'4 1157'6 1158'6 -1'0 1159'0s 01:30P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1177'6 1185'0 1175'4 1176'0 -1'4 1176'2s 03:48P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1192'4 1199'6 1190'4 1190'6 -1'4 1191'2s 03:34P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1199'2 1205'6 1196'6 1198'0 -1'0 1198'2s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1207'0 1213'2 1204'2 1206'0 -1'2 1206'0s 02:54P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1212'4 1218'4 1210'0 1211'4 -1'0 1211'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1196'4 1203'4 1196'2 1197'6 -0'4 1198'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1167'4 1168'4 1164'6 1164'6 0'0 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 3115 3115 3083 3083 - 26 3081s 01:20P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3111 3128 3086 3088 - 27 3089s 03:52P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3116 3136 3091 3093 - 30 3093s 03:52P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3157 3180 3132 3135 - 32 3134s 03:51P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3193 3206 3161 3164 - 30 3163s 02:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3223 3236 3194 3196 - 26 3197s 03:18P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3250 3262 3222 3223 - 23 3227s 01:30P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3278 3287 3254 3255 - 21 3257s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3266 3274 3244 3247 - 18 3247s 01:20P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 95.475 95.600 95.100 95.400 95.500s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 81.450 82.300 81.325 82.125 0.500 82.225s 02:30P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 73.050 73.700 72.875 73.450 0.350 73.575s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 76.850 77.200 76.600 77.000 0.150 77.125s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 81.950 82.175 81.600 82.000 0.075 82.125s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 85.750 86.025 85.425 85.625 -0.275 85.675s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 94.325 94.400 93.975 94.200 -0.100 94.275s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 95.325 95.375 94.900 95.125 -0.100 95.200s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 94.675 94.675 94.100 94.525 -0.150 94.525s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 81.100 -0.150 79.675s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 72.525 -0.150 72.425s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 232.050 232.650 229.500 231.475 0.475 231.700s 03:12P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 226.000 226.900 222.750 225.150 0.350 225.275s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 225.400 226.075 221.600 224.150 - 0.225 224.150s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 225.400 226.225 221.975 224.450 - 0.075 224.500s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 225.525 226.425 222.425 224.850 0.175 224.825s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 218.125 218.800 215.200 217.375 0.275 217.400s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 213.450 214.150 210.750 212.850 0.375 212.800s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 211.900 212.400 210.250 211.725 0.750 211.650s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 212.000 212.425 210.900 212.425 1.325 212.425s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 210.575 1.400 212.050s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 350.250 352.100 347.975 351.650 3.600 351.650s 02:30P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 343.600 345.650 340.600 345.075 3.650 345.225s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 333.825 335.475 329.900 335.025 2.975 334.925s 03:06P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 326.000 327.750 321.550 326.700 2.275 326.625s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 318.125 319.525 313.300 317.900 1.875 317.900s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 314.700 314.725 308.900 313.500 2.250 313.650s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 313.775 313.775 308.350 313.150 2.575 313.200s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 310.925 312.075 307.550 311.225 3.475 311.875s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 311.000 311.650 308.300 310.425 3.350 311.600s 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 54040.00 54202.00 53879.00 54132.00 139.00 54152.00s 04:00P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 54409.00 54611.00 54300.00 54549.00 136.00 54562.00s 04:00P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7735.00 7786.75 7725.50 7777.25 45.00 7779.75s 04:00P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7801.50 7854.75 7795.00 7846.25 44.75 7848.00s 04:00P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 29514.25 29867.75 29453.50 29839.50 346.50 29834.75s 04:00P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 29872.00 30165.00 29768.50 30135.00 346.25 30134.00s 04:00P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 67.46 68.28 67.46 68.24 0.46 68.16s 01:20P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 67.74 68.47 67.36 68.26 0.50 68.24s 03:22P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 67.50 68.24 67.21 68.06 0.51 68.05s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 67.20 68.07 67.02 67.87 0.51 67.88s 03:52P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 67.25 68.00 67.02 67.80 0.47 67.82s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 67.12 67.85 67.00 67.67 0.44 67.69s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 67.05 67.67 66.84 67.49 0.35 67.52s 03:52P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 66.87 67.37 66.75 67.19 0.27 67.22s 01:20P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 631'0 646'0 628'4 638'2 8'4 639'6s 02:45P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 650'0 664'2 647'6 656'4 7'6 658'2s 01:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 667'2 679'6 664'4 673'0 7'4 674'6s 01:30P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 675'0 687'2 673'6 681'0 6'4 682'4s 01:30P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 675'4 687'0 674'2 681'4 6'0 683'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 681'6 694'0 681'6 689'4 6'0 691'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 696'4 706'4 694'2 702'6 6'0 704'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 700'6 5'6 712'4s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 706'6 5'2 712'2s 01:20P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 65170.0 65280.0 65035.0 65210.0 35.0 65175.0 11:04P Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 65447.5 65447.5 65430.0 65425.0 Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
Oct 26 65715.0 65715.0 65475.0 65730.0 Chart for @BTC6V Options for @BTC6V
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 4277.0 4371.5 4274.0 4346.4 98.7 4340.7s 04:00P Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 4252.1 4383.4 4243.5 4352.2 98.7 4351.5s 04:00P Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
Oct 26 4267.6 4399.5 4257.7 4368.2 99.1 4367.1s 04:00P Chart for QGC6V Options for QGC6V
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 63.620 65.050 63.510 63.510 1.893 63.332s 04:00P Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 61.855 65.480 61.420 63.800 1.893 63.499s 04:00P Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
Oct 26 62.045 65.600 61.960 64.055 1.907 63.730s 04:00P Chart for QSI6V Options for QSI6V
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 78.17 78.77 76.53 77.08 0.89 78.18s 04:00P Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
Oct 26 76.92 77.56 75.35 76.10 0.99 77.15s 04:00P Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
Nov 26 75.09 76.15 74.16 75.00 1.05 75.96s 04:00P Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
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