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L/H (°F)		 45/66 44/58 38/66 60/71 62/80
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L/H (°F)		 44/66 38/58 32/66 60/71 62/82
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(°F)		 41 42 45 58 64
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 59oF Feels Like: 59oF
Humid: 36% Dew Pt: 32oF
Barom: 30.15 Wind Dir: N
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 0 mph
Sunrise: 6:36 Sunset: 7:40
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 1:00 PM
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 447'2 450'2 442'2 444'4 -3'2 444'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 458'0 460'4 453'2 455'0 -3'0 455'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 461'2 464'2 457'4 459'0 -2'4 459'2s 01:30P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 475'4 478'4 472'2 474'0 -1'6 474'2s 01:30P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 487'2 490'2 484'4 486'0 -1'4 486'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 494'2 497'2 491'6 492'6 -1'6 493'4s 01:20P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 498'0 500'6 495'0 496'2 -2'0 496'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 482'6 483'0 479'0 479'4 -2'4 480'2s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 487'2 489'6 484'2 484'4 -2'6 485'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1162'0 1170'4 1159'6 1164'2 3'2 1165'2s 01:30P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1178'0 1186'0 1176'0 1179'4 3'0 1181'0s 01:20P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1172'2 1180'6 1171'4 1174'4 2'4 1175'6s 01:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1149'0 1159'0 1149'0 1152'2 0'2 1152'6s 01:30P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1151'0 1159'0 1149'6 1151'4 0'4 1152'4s 01:30P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1161'0 1169'2 1160'2 1162'2 1'2 1163'2s 01:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1155'4 1166'4 1155'4 1159'6 3'2 1160'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1159'4 1170'0 1159'4 1162'6 3'6 1163'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1164'0 1176'4 1164'0 1168'6 4'0 1170'0s 01:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3135 3189 3120 3174 35 3176s 01:30P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3120 3174 3118 3164 24 3164s 01:30P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3113 3152 3103 3144 22 3146s 01:20P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3087 3122 3079 3116 22 3118s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3059 3094 3054 3088 20 3090s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3091 3127 3088 3120 16 3121s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3105 3131 3102 3125 14 3126s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3100 3125 3100 3118 12 3118s 01:20P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3108 3123 3107 3117 10 3118s 01:20P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 90.275 90.800 90.200 90.750 0.475 90.675s 01:05P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 96.325 96.350 95.500 96.025 -0.475 95.900s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 104.650 104.900 103.650 104.175 - 0.525 104.125s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 107.725 107.750 106.450 107.000 - 0.775 106.925s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 107.525 107.550 106.425 107.000 - 0.675 106.875s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 92.325 92.325 91.225 91.775 -0.600 91.650s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 84.350 84.350 83.475 83.950 -0.575 83.825s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 86.875 86.875 86.050 86.575 -0.425 86.450s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 249.000 249.950 248.175 249.950 0.775 249.775s 01:05P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 245.700 247.575 244.750 247.525 1.275 247.200s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 242.100 243.625 241.500 243.625 0.925 243.350s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 238.400 239.850 238.000 239.775 0.950 239.650s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 237.575 239.275 237.300 239.250 1.100 239.100s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 237.275 238.825 236.975 238.825 0.975 238.675s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 236.625 237.975 236.350 237.925 0.850 237.850s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 230.025 231.150 229.825 231.100 0.750 230.975s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 370.350 372.925 369.250 372.925 1.850 372.525s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 368.000 370.775 366.800 370.775 2.425 370.425s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 367.950 370.525 366.750 370.500 2.175 370.125s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 365.475 368.800 365.025 368.800 2.400 368.350s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 362.450 366.350 362.450 366.225 2.450 365.875s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 359.500 363.400 359.500 363.400 2.550 362.850s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 353.400 356.575 352.925 356.575 2.600 356.000s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 349.400 350.100 349.400 350.000 2.600 350.700s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 48090.00 48555.00 47902.00 48414.00 270.00 48144.00 01:44P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 48390.00 48841.00 48215.00 48735.00 303.00 48432.00 01:44P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 6814.25 6876.00 6792.50 6853.75 30.00 6823.75 01:44P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 6868.00 6927.75 6844.75 6909.50 33.50 6876.00 01:44P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 25037.75 25265.75 24953.00 25168.75 94.50 25074.25 01:44P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 25252.75 25490.00 25180.75 25402.50 102.00 25300.50 01:44P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 67.51 68.63 67.35 67.63 0.28 67.70s 01:30P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 67.19 68.42 67.19 67.50 0.35 67.62s 01:30P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 66.50 67.33 66.19 66.43 0.33 66.55s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 65.43 66.21 65.13 65.40 0.32 65.49s 01:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 64.34 65.08 64.03 64.32 0.35 64.43s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 63.32 64.37 63.32 63.66 0.38 63.78s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 63.24 63.89 63.00 63.32 0.39 63.42s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 62.68 63.22 62.43 62.71 0.39 62.81s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 580'0 588'6 570'0 573'4 -5'6 574'4s 01:20P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 591'2 598'6 580'0 584'0 -6'2 585'0s 01:20P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 604'4 611'4 592'6 597'0 -6'6 597'4s 01:30P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 623'0 629'4 611'4 615'2 -7'2 615'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 640'2 644'0 627'0 630'4 -7'0 631'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 647'6 649'6 634'2 638'0 -7'2 638'6s 01:20P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 645'0 645'2 631'0 637'0 -7'0 637'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 643'2 643'2 643'2 643'2 -6'4 643'2s 01:30P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 661'4 663'4 650'0 650'0 -7'0 654'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 71690.0 72800.0 70650.0 72015.0 540.0 71475.0 01:44P Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
May 26 71800.0 73100.0 71070.0 72260.0 445.0 71815.0 01:44P Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
Jun 26 71855.0 73240.0 71780.0 73005.0 940.0 72065.0 01:44P Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 4711.0 4799.1 4711.0 4796.1 46.6 4792.2 01:43P Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 4729.5 4807.8 4703.2 4776.2 16.2 4800.6 01:43P Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
Jun 26 4744.8 4826.0 4718.6 4793.8 16.6 4818.0 01:43P Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 73.780 74.485 73.780 74.485 1.053 76.277 01:43P Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 74.300 76.840 72.925 75.850 0.465 76.438 01:43P Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
Jun 26 74.245 77.000 73.300 76.630 0.962 76.727 01:43P Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 96.78 102.70 95.25 98.27 3.86 97.87 01:43P Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
Jun 26 89.43 92.89 88.16 90.18 2.43 89.93 01:43P Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
Jul 26 85.21 87.12 83.63 85.11 1.22 84.79 01:43P Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
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