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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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Condition		 Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Mostly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Clear
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 68/81 64/74 62/79 59/80 61/84
Feels
Like
L/H (°F)		 68/88 64/75 62/80 59/83 61/89
Dew Point
(°F)		 77 67 64 63 66
Humidity
(%)		 98 95 79 77 76
Wind
Speed
(mph)		 8 17 8 4 4
Precip
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Precip
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0.21		 Rain
0.64		 None None None
Evap
(in./day)		 0.09 0.09 0.13 0.18 0.18
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 79oF Feels Like: 83oF
Humid: 100% Dew Pt: 79oF
Barom: 29.75 Wind Dir: S
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 9 mph
Sunrise: 6:01 Sunset: 8:24
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 3:00 PM
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System Bringing Heavy Rain Eastward Through Corn Belt This Weekend
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Local Forecast
Washington, IA
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Friday
Saturday
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High: 81°F
Low: 68°F
Precip: 61%		 High: 74°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 445'4 447'0 438'0 440'4 -5'0 440'6s 03:17P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 468'4 470'0 461'0 463'6 -4'4 464'0s 03:09P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 484'4 485'6 477'0 479'6 -4'6 479'6s 02:48P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 493'2 494'4 486'0 488'4 -4'6 488'6s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 498'0 499'2 491'0 493'2 -5'0 493'2s 03:09P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 483'0 483'0 478'0 479'0 -3'6 479'4s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 488'0 489'0 483'6 485'2 -2'6 485'4s 02:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 499'2 499'4 497'4 497'4 -2'4 497'0s 01:20P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 504'6 -2'0 503'2s 01:20P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 1177'0 1181'0 1166'6 1170'6 -5'2 1172'0s 01:20P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1171'2 1179'2 1164'0 1171'2 -1'4 1170'6s 02:55P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1188'0 1196'0 1180'4 1188'2 -1'2 1187'4s 02:44P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1203'2 1210'2 1194'6 1201'6 -2'2 1201'2s 01:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1207'0 1215'0 1199'4 1205'2 -3'4 1204'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1213'4 1221'0 1205'4 1210'4 -4'0 1210'4s 01:20P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1218'0 1225'2 1210'0 1214'6 -4'4 1214'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1202'0 1208'0 1194'6 1198'2 -4'4 1198'4s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1168'2 1172'0 1160'2 1160'4 -4'4 1162'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 3140 3164 3094 3110 - 19 3122s 01:20P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3175 3199 3123 3145 - 26 3149s 02:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3186 3206 3140 3162 - 17 3166s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3223 3250 3188 3209 - 16 3212s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3257 3276 3214 3232 - 20 3235s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3271 3299 3239 3253 - 25 3257s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3307 3321 3264 3274 - 27 3280s 01:30P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3338 3350 3293 3304 - 29 3307s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3338 3338 3284 3292 - 31 3295s 01:20P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 98.375 99.350 98.325 98.775 0.425 98.850s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 83.350 85.175 83.125 84.700 1.500 84.850s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 74.525 76.100 74.025 75.475 1.150 75.675s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 78.100 79.200 77.325 78.600 0.725 78.700s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 82.675 83.625 81.975 83.150 0.550 83.225s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 86.300 87.025 85.825 86.450 0.400 86.625s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 94.750 95.300 93.925 95.000 0.275 94.925s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 95.050 95.875 94.600 95.650 0.250 95.575s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 93.975 94.700 93.750 94.600 0.225 94.600s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 79.000 79.000 79.000 79.000 0.500 79.425s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 72.525 72.525 72.525 72.525 1.675 72.525s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 231.275 232.675 231.200 231.575 0.525 231.750s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 227.425 228.550 226.925 227.000 - 0.200 227.250s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 226.675 228.000 226.550 226.725 0.225 226.950s 02:33P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 226.375 227.575 226.275 226.550 0.500 226.875s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 225.950 226.950 225.775 226.150 0.500 226.500s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 218.400 218.950 218.100 218.250 0.200 218.625s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 213.750 214.100 213.450 213.475 - 0.175 213.775s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 211.900 212.275 211.900 212.175 - 0.125 212.150s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 209.925 - 0.125 212.075s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 210.575 - 0.125 211.875s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 346.475 348.725 346.150 347.600 1.550 348.025s 02:31P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 342.625 345.350 342.100 343.275 1.325 343.775s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 334.025 337.025 333.625 334.950 1.325 335.350s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 327.600 330.425 327.300 328.600 1.475 329.125s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 320.800 322.975 319.725 321.425 1.475 321.925s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 317.050 318.625 315.875 317.825 1.250 317.675s 02:30P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 316.400 317.000 315.975 316.675 0.875 316.750s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 315.775 316.400 314.700 315.175 0.900 315.275s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 314.000 314.000 314.000 314.000 0.900 314.900s 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 52395.00 52772.00 52123.00 52666.00 286.00 52635.00 03:17P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 52900.00 53158.00 52540.00 53079.00 256.00 53042.00 03:17P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7479.50 7541.00 7427.50 7519.25 46.75 7519.25 03:17P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7540.50 7607.25 7492.75 7583.25 46.00 7585.25 03:17P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 28317.00 28725.75 28079.75 28382.25 144.50 28404.25 03:18P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 28598.25 29001.25 28363.75 28672.00 154.00 28688.50 03:18P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 68.39 68.39 66.56 66.99 -1.23 67.12s 01:20P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 68.22 68.23 66.66 67.47 -0.96 67.26s 02:31P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 67.77 67.77 66.38 67.21 -0.66 67.04s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 67.46 67.46 66.17 67.05 -0.39 66.90s 02:44P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 67.18 67.22 66.19 66.97 -0.30 66.85s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 66.95 67.05 66.11 66.84 -0.21 66.70s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 66.88 67.03 66.05 66.69 -0.15 66.57s 01:30P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 66.30 66.64 65.85 66.41 -0.11 66.30s 01:30P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 663'2 665'0 634'4 638'0 -24'2 639'2s 01:30P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 681'4 682'6 653'2 656'2 -24'0 657'4s 01:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 697'4 698'4 670'0 673'0 -23'2 674'2s 02:38P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 705'0 705'0 678'2 681'2 -22'2 682'2s 01:20P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 700'6 700'6 675'2 677'6 -21'2 679'2s 01:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 702'6 702'6 680'4 683'6 -20'6 684'4s 01:30P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 715'2 715'2 691'4 695'2 -20'0 695'2s 01:30P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 705'0 705'0 702'0 702'0 -19'2 702'0s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 698'0 698'0 698'0 698'0 -19'2 700'4s 01:20P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 64750.0 65400.0 62300.0 62660.0 -2144.8 62630.2 10:06A Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
Aug 26 65080.0 65800.0 62400.0 63190.0 -1895.0 63130.0 03:18P Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 65425.0 65995.0 62760.0 63360.0 -1970.0 63365.0 03:18P Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 4102.4 4102.4 4022.4 4050.2 - 49.9 4049.1 03:17P Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 4118.0 4122.5 4032.3 4058.6 - 56.1 4062.4 03:17P Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
Oct 26 4132.0 4138.7 4046.2 4072.9 - 56.5 4076.6 03:17P Chart for QGC6V Options for QGC6V
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 59.200 59.200 57.340 57.465 -1.224 57.591 03:17P Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 59.260 59.405 57.220 57.985 -1.032 57.786 03:17P Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
Oct 26 58.700 58.700 57.515 58.235 -0.983 57.986 03:18P Chart for QSI6V Options for QSI6V
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 83.92 86.45 81.06 84.64 1.05 84.67 03:17P Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
Oct 26 81.15 82.98 78.63 81.48 0.68 81.49 03:17P Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
Nov 26 78.54 79.80 76.32 78.67 0.48 78.65 03:17P Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
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