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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 41oF Feels Like: 33oF
Humid: 61% Dew Pt: 28oF
Barom: 30.1 Wind Dir: NNW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 15 mph
Sunrise: 6:52 Sunset: 4:49
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 6:00 PM
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 448'0 449'0 442'2 442'2 -5'4 442'4s 06:08P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 460'4 461'4 454'2 454'4 -5'4 454'6s 05:48P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 468'4 469'4 462'0 462'0 -5'4 462'6s 05:45P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 475'6 476'6 469'0 469'0 -6'4 469'2s 05:54P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 471'4 472'0 463'6 464'2 -7'4 464'0s 04:55P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 486'0 486'4 478'2 479'0 -7'4 478'4s 04:45P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 499'4 499'6 491'6 492'2 -7'2 492'2s 01:20P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 506'0 506'4 499'6 500'0 -7'2 499'6s 01:20P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
Jul 28 510'2 510'6 503'6 503'6 -7'0 503'2s 01:20P Chart for @C8N Options for @C8N
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 26 1230'4 1232'2 1224'0 1227'0 -2'0 1227'0s 02:58P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1230'0 1231'4 1218'2 1219'4 -11'6 1219'0s 05:53P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1236'6 1238'6 1224'4 1225'4 -13'0 1225'0s 04:45P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1245'4 1247'0 1231'6 1232'6 -14'2 1232'4s 03:08P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1251'2 1252'4 1237'0 1238'0 -14'4 1237'4s 03:20P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1233'4 1234'6 1219'6 1220'2 -14'4 1220'0s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1197'0 1197'0 1183'6 1185'0 -13'0 1184'2s 04:45P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
Nov 27 1188'0 1188'6 1175'4 1176'6 -12'2 1176'0s 04:40P Chart for @S7X Options for @S7X
Jan 28 1199'6 1199'6 1186'6 1187'0 -12'2 1187'0s 01:20P Chart for @S8F Options for @S8F
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 3294 3300 3251 3252 - 43 3254s 06:08P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3277 3277 3230 3231 - 39 3236s 05:22P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3282 3283 3244 3244 - 33 3248s 05:49P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3307 3312 3271 3271 - 33 3276s 05:46P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3348 3352 3309 3311 - 33 3314s 05:47P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3336 3340 3299 3299 - 31 3302s 04:59P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
Sep 27 3318 3318 3276 3276 - 29 3279s 04:56P Chart for @SM7U Options for @SM7U
Oct 27 3273 3278 3242 3247 - 25 3247s 02:51P Chart for @SM7V Options for @SM7V
Dec 27 3289 3298 3264 3266 - 24 3268s 02:51P Chart for @SM7Z Options for @SM7Z
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 55.500 56.050 54.625 55.150 -0.875 55.150s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 60.000 61.550 59.500 60.900 0.475 61.000s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 66.025 67.650 65.275 66.750 0.350 66.825s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 72.350 74.000 72.275 73.025 -0.150 72.925s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 81.750 82.975 80.750 81.875 -0.125 81.800s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 84.600 85.825 83.800 84.875 -0.275 84.625s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 85.500 86.750 84.800 85.900 -0.225 85.575s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 74.600 75.750 73.800 75.150 -0.125 74.750s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 67.725 69.025 67.375 68.375 -0.150 68.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
Feb 28 72.025 -0.150 71.875s 01:05P Chart for @HE8G Options for @HE8G
Apr 28 80.000 -0.150 75.525s 01:05P Chart for @HE8J Options for @HE8J
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 218.300 220.850 218.150 218.975 - 0.075 218.900s 02:52P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 222.150 224.750 221.975 223.050 0.250 222.950s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 225.000 227.750 225.000 226.025 0.325 225.950s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 220.550 223.525 220.475 222.275 1.150 222.200s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 216.100 219.350 216.100 218.075 1.300 217.950s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 214.500 217.250 214.100 215.925 1.225 215.825s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 215.575 217.475 215.500 216.275 1.225 216.125s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 215.800 217.900 215.800 215.875 1.325 216.475s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
Apr 28 217.475 217.725 217.250 217.250 1.450 216.750s 01:05P Chart for @LE8J Options for @LE8J
Jun 28 210.500 210.750 210.500 210.750 2.425 210.750s 01:05P Chart for @LE8M Options for @LE8M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 26 332.400 337.400 332.400 335.850 3.050 335.675s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 328.000 334.075 327.550 331.800 3.875 331.675s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 324.250 330.425 323.800 328.550 4.150 328.275s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 323.100 329.425 322.700 327.425 4.175 327.250s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 321.350 327.875 321.350 325.875 4.100 325.625s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 325.000 329.025 325.000 326.600 3.850 326.600s 01:05P Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
Sep 27 322.950 326.750 322.950 324.575 3.950 324.625s 01:05P Chart for @GF7U Options for @GF7U
Oct 27 320.000 323.475 320.000 322.275 3.850 321.900s 01:05P Chart for @GF7V Options for @GF7V
Nov 27 315.500 3.775 318.775s 01:05P Chart for @GF7X Options for @GF7X
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 52415.00 52560.00 52412.00 52533.00 143.00 52390.00 06:10P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
Mar 27 52911.00 53025.00 52911.00 52911.00 49.00 52862.00 06:10P Chart for @YM7H Options for @YM7H
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 7620.25 7649.00 7619.25 7645.50 30.25 7615.25 06:10P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
Mar 27 7699.25 7723.75 7699.25 7720.50 30.50 7690.00 06:10P Chart for @ES7H Options for @ES7H
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 28399.25 28607.75 28393.50 28569.50 185.00 28384.50 06:10P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
Mar 27 28742.00 28901.75 28742.00 28881.00 178.00 28703.00 06:10P Chart for @NQ7H Options for @NQ7H
@QM - E-MINI CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 88.825 89.000 88.700 88.700 -0.050 88.750 06:10P Chart for @QM6Z Options for @QM6Z
Jan 27 87.900 87.900 87.625 87.625 -0.075 87.700 06:10P Chart for @QM7F Options for @QM7F
Feb 27 86.375 86.375 86.375 86.375 0.050 86.325 06:10P Chart for @QM7G Options for @QM7G
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 63.90 64.09 63.16 63.42 -0.46 63.42s 06:01P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 64.20 64.30 63.40 63.66 -0.43 63.66s 05:36P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 64.68 64.77 63.92 64.14 -0.41 64.17s 06:02P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 65.11 65.22 64.38 64.62 -0.41 64.63s 06:05P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 65.39 65.43 64.59 64.83 -0.44 64.84s 04:45P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
Aug 27 65.20 65.23 64.39 64.63 -0.43 64.64s 01:30P Chart for @BO7Q Options for @BO7Q
Sep 27 64.88 64.94 64.09 64.35 -0.43 64.36s 01:20P Chart for @BO7U Options for @BO7U
Oct 27 64.44 64.53 63.72 64.02 -0.43 63.99s 04:45P Chart for @BO7V Options for @BO7V
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 600'0 603'0 582'2 582'4 -15'2 584'2s 05:46P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 615'0 617'2 597'2 597'4 -15'0 599'2s 05:24P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 620'4 622'4 603'4 603'6 -15'4 605'0s 06:04P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 625'0 627'2 609'0 609'4 -14'4 610'6s 01:20P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 636'4 637'4 620'6 620'6 -14'4 622'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 652'4 653'6 637'4 637'6 -13'6 639'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 666'0 666'6 652'4 652'4 -13'4 653'6s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 664'0 664'0 658'4 658'6 -14'0 658'6s 01:20P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
Jul 28 657'0 657'0 652'6 652'6 -12'6 651'0s 01:20P Chart for @W8N Options for @W8N
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 26 71515.0 71540.0 71125.0 71365.0 - 140.0 71505.0 06:10P Chart for @BTC6X Options for @BTC6X
Dec 26 71700.0 71795.0 71475.0 71650.0 - 145.0 71795.0 06:10P Chart for @BTC6Z Options for @BTC6Z
Jan 27 72280.0 72185.0 Chart for @BTC7F Options for @BTC7F
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 26 3877.2 3877.5 3877.2 3877.5 - 0.9 3878.4 06:10P Chart for QGC6X Options for QGC6X
Dec 26 3883.3 3894.0 3879.1 3891.2 5.9 3885.3 06:10P Chart for QGC6Z Options for QGC6Z
Jan 27 3899.2 3910.0 3899.2 3910.0 7.5 3902.5 06:10P Chart for QGC7F Options for QGC7F
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 26 50.030 49.972 Chart for QSI6X Options for QSI6X
Dec 26 50.005 50.175 49.870 50.150 0.085 50.065 06:10P Chart for QSI6Z Options for QSI6Z
Jan 27 50.175 50.296 Chart for QSI7F Options for QSI7F
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