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L/H (°F)		 14/54 28/45 23/45 27/44 26/44
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L/H (°F)		 35/54 19/38 13/40 21/38 18/39
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Temp: 54oF Feels Like: 54oF
Humid: 38% Dew Pt: 28oF
Barom: 29.93 Wind Dir: S
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 14 mph
Sunrise: 7:08 Sunset: 5:33
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 3:00 PM
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Isolated Showers North Monday
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High: 54°F
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 428'6 430'0 427'2 428'4 -1'4 428'6s 03:15P Chart for @C6H Options for @C6H
May 26 437'4 438'2 435'4 437'0 -1'6 437'0s 03:11P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 444'2 445'0 442'0 443'4 -1'4 443'6s 01:30P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 442'4 443'2 441'0 442'6 -0'6 442'6s 03:27P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 456'4 457'4 455'4 457'0 -0'4 457'2s 02:30P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 468'2 469'6 467'4 469'2 0'0 469'4s 02:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 474'2 475'4 473'6 475'4 -0'2 475'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 478'0 478'4 476'6 478'4 -0'2 478'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 462'6 463'4 462'0 463'4 -0'4 463'2s 01:30P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 1112'2 1116'2 1106'0 1109'6 -4'4 1110'6s 02:30P Chart for @S6H Options for @S6H
May 26 1125'0 1129'6 1120'0 1124'0 -3'6 1125'0s 03:11P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1134'6 1140'4 1130'4 1135'4 -3'0 1136'4s 02:31P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1122'2 1127'4 1119'6 1125'2 -2'0 1126'0s 01:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1092'0 1097'4 1090'2 1096'2 0'6 1097'4s 01:30P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1093'0 1096'0 1087'4 1094'4 1'6 1095'6s 02:30P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1101'4 1106'0 1097'2 1104'4 2'0 1105'4s 02:43P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1101'2 1106'0 1098'0 1105'0 2'4 1106'0s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1104'6 1110'0 1102'4 1109'2 2'6 1110'0s 01:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 3015 3023 2969 2976 - 58 2978s 03:11P Chart for @SM6H Options for @SM6H
May 26 3060 3068 3015 3024 - 52 3027s 02:52P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3150 3150 3063 3069 - 49 3075s 03:11P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3156 3156 3075 3081 - 42 3087s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3103 3103 3074 3083 - 32 3089s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3105 3105 3061 3077 - 22 3084s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3116 3116 3086 3106 - 18 3113s 02:31P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3135 3135 3094 3120 - 14 3125s 01:21P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3123 3134 3103 3132 - 10 3133s 01:21P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Feb 26 87.225 87.250 86.850 87.225 -0.275 87.100s 01:05P Chart for @HE6G Options for @HE6G
Apr 26 97.550 97.625 96.250 96.950 -1.225 96.725s 03:26P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 100.875 100.875 99.950 100.500 - 0.900 100.375s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 110.200 110.350 109.275 109.925 - 0.800 109.800s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 111.350 111.500 110.550 111.475 - 0.425 111.325s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 110.000 110.300 109.225 110.275 110.175s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 92.025 92.675 91.575 92.650 0.550 92.625s 03:03P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 82.350 83.000 82.100 83.000 0.600 82.950s 03:03P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Feb 26 239.400 240.375 238.575 239.100 1.550 239.300s 01:05P Chart for @LE6G Options for @LE6G
Apr 26 238.600 239.400 237.275 238.225 0.950 238.200s 01:05P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 234.725 235.850 233.325 234.375 0.475 234.325s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 233.500 234.000 231.475 232.700 0.425 232.575s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 232.650 233.600 231.250 232.400 0.425 232.300s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 232.500 233.850 231.650 232.800 0.425 232.700s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 232.175 233.375 231.600 232.475 0.450 232.375s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 231.225 232.300 230.550 231.325 0.375 231.300s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 367.900 369.800 365.825 367.750 0.025 367.450s 01:05P Chart for @GF6H Options for @GF6H
Apr 26 363.250 365.750 361.600 363.450 0.400 363.200s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 357.375 360.725 356.250 358.075 0.650 357.775s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 356.000 359.875 354.975 357.200 0.975 356.950s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 354.125 357.525 353.125 355.400 0.925 355.050s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 352.850 355.050 350.825 353.050 0.875 352.775s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 352.100 352.100 348.700 349.800 0.825 349.475s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 343.250 344.000 342.500 342.500 0.675 342.575s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
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Mar 26 50240.00 50339.00 49908.00 50190.00 - 15.00 50219.00 03:29P Chart for @YM6H Options for @YM6H
Jun 26 50578.00 50664.00 50235.00 50539.00 6.00 50548.00 03:29P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 6960.25 7000.50 6921.00 6983.75 31.00 6983.25 03:29P Chart for @ES6H Options for @ES6H
Jun 26 7014.75 7053.75 6975.50 7037.50 31.50 7036.75 03:29P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 25153.75 25428.75 24955.50 25364.50 201.25 25354.00 03:29P Chart for @NQ6H Options for @NQ6H
Jun 26 25369.75 25650.00 25196.00 25585.50 201.00 25576.25 03:29P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 55.51 56.75 55.50 56.74 1.36 56.69s 03:18P Chart for @BO6H Options for @BO6H
May 26 56.19 57.24 56.03 57.20 1.33 57.17s 02:30P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 56.29 57.41 56.26 57.37 1.27 57.36s 03:11P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 530'4 531'4 525'4 528'2 -1'0 528'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6H Options for @W6H
May 26 539'2 540'6 535'2 538'4 -0'2 538'6s 02:37P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 550'0 550'0 545'2 548'6 -0'2 549'0s 02:31P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 561'4 562'0 557'6 561'0 -0'4 561'2s 01:30P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 580'0 580'2 576'0 579'4 0'0 580'0s 01:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 593'4 596'4 591'6 595'6 0'2 596'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 602'6 0'2 604'2s 01:30P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 600'4 602'0 600'4 602'0 0'4 603'2s 01:21P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 614'2 0'2 611'2s 01:21P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Feb 26 71310.0 72760.0 68400.0 70535.0 275.0 70945.0 03:29P Chart for @BTC6G Options for @BTC6G
Mar 26 71700.0 72865.0 68710.0 70750.0 225.0 71205.0 03:29P Chart for @BTC6H Options for @BTC6H
Apr 26 70925.0 71370.0 68880.0 71025.0 250.0 71450.0 03:29P Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Feb 26 5017.4 5065.7 4979.1 5059.1 99.7 5050.9 03:29P Chart for QGC6G Options for QGC6G
Mar 26 4986.4 5090.9 4972.0 5064.8 102.4 5061.9 03:29P Chart for QGC6H Options for QGC6H
Apr 26 5003.6 5111.1 4988.6 5076.8 97.0 5079.4 03:29P Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Feb 26 80.505 81.415 79.980 81.415 5.330 82.065 03:29P Chart for QSI6G Options for QSI6G
Mar 26 78.100 83.760 78.100 82.820 5.925 82.234 03:29P Chart for QSI6H Options for QSI6H
Apr 26 79.855 84.065 78.865 83.135 5.945 82.549 03:29P Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 62.99 64.88 62.62 64.41 0.86 64.36 03:29P Chart for QCL6H Options for QCL6H
Apr 26 62.81 64.64 62.44 64.24 0.88 64.20 03:29P Chart for QCL6J Options for QCL6J
May 26 62.79 64.40 62.25 64.06 0.91 64.02 03:29P Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
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