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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Condition		 Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Mostly Cloudy Clear
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 70/87 68/85 65/85 65/87 66/89
Feels
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L/H (°F)		 70/93 68/90 65/86 65/90 66/92
Dew Point
(°F)		 71 70 66 67 68
Humidity
(%)		 70 74 57 65 62
Wind
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DTN Weekly Average DDG Price Still Moving Lower
DTN Early Word Grains 07/09 05:45
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DTN Midday Livestock Comments 07/09 11:41
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CME Feeder Cattle Index 07/08
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 79oF Feels Like: 82oF
Humid: 79% Dew Pt: 72oF
Barom: 29.92 Wind Dir: NW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 8 mph
Sunrise: 5:42 Sunset: 8:41
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 11:00 AM
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DTN Weather Summary
Storms Running Through Central US Thursday
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

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Local Forecast
Washington, IA
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Thursday
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Saturday
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High: 87°F
Low: 70°F
Precip: 40%		 High: 85°F
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Low: 65°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 434'0 435'0 430'6 432'4 -2'2 434'6 11:57A Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 433'6 434'6 428'6 431'6 -3'2 435'0 11:58A Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 454'6 455'4 449'0 452'2 -4'0 456'2 11:58A Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 469'6 470'2 464'4 467'2 -4'2 471'4 11:58A Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 478'0 479'0 473'2 476'0 -4'2 480'2 11:58A Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 483'2 484'2 478'6 481'4 -3'6 485'2 11:58A Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 471'2 474'4 470'2 472'4 -2'2 474'6 11:58A Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 480'0 481'4 477'2 479'2 -2'0 481'2 11:58A Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 490'6 493'0 489'0 490'2 -2'6 493'0 11:57A Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 1193'0 1197'0 1184'4 1186'4 -8'4 1195'0 11:58A Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1190'0 1195'0 1174'6 1177'2 -16'0 1193'2 11:58A Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1180'4 1185'2 1167'0 1170'4 -13'0 1183'4 11:58A Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1189'4 1194'2 1178'0 1181'6 -10'4 1192'2 11:58A Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1202'4 1207'4 1192'0 1195'6 -10'0 1205'6 11:58A Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1204'0 1209'6 1196'0 1200'0 -8'2 1208'2 11:58A Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1208'0 1213'4 1202'0 1205'4 -7'0 1212'4 11:58A Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1213'4 1218'6 1208'2 1211'6 -5'4 1217'2 11:58A Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1201'0 1201'6 1194'4 1197'4 -4'4 1202'0 11:58A Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 3139 3195 3139 3191 46 3145 11:58A Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3123 3167 3108 3160 37 3123 11:58A Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3091 3139 3079 3132 35 3097 11:58A Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3077 3118 3059 3111 33 3078 11:58A Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3112 3151 3092 3143 31 3112 11:58A Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3128 3166 3108 3157 29 3128 11:58A Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3145 3182 3127 3172 27 3145 11:58A Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3159 3194 3146 3187 28 3159 11:58A Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3184 3219 3169 3211 27 3184 11:58A Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 94.000 94.425 94.000 94.200 -0.300 94.500 11:58A Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 99.475 99.675 98.175 98.175 -1.475 99.650 11:58A Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 85.275 86.000 85.275 85.725 0.200 85.525 11:58A Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 76.575 77.150 76.575 76.875 0.150 76.725 11:58A Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 80.175 80.575 80.025 80.175 0.050 80.125 11:58A Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 84.875 85.300 84.700 84.800 -0.075 84.875 11:58A Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 88.800 88.950 88.800 88.950 0.150 88.800 11:58A Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 96.875 97.175 96.750 96.800 -0.075 96.875 11:58A Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 97.625 97.850 97.475 97.725 0.150 97.575 11:57A Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 97.100 97.175 96.700 96.700 -0.150 96.850 11:56A Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 81.500 81.500 81.500 81.500 1.075 81.500s 11:50A Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 74.725 1.075 74.725s 11:46A Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 238.100 238.475 235.150 235.150 - 2.475 237.625 11:58A Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 234.075 234.625 231.500 231.500 - 2.050 233.550 11:58A Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 234.100 234.575 231.500 231.500 - 2.150 233.650 11:58A Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 234.750 235.300 232.325 232.475 - 2.050 234.525 11:58A Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 235.775 235.800 232.975 233.050 - 2.050 235.100 11:58A Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 229.025 229.500 226.750 226.775 - 2.025 228.800 11:58A Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 226.250 226.300 223.575 223.575 - 2.075 225.650 11:58A Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 224.700 224.700 223.475 223.475 - 1.050 224.525 11:58A Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 225.000 225.000 225.000 225.000 - 0.550 225.000s 11:58A Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 223.550 223.550 223.550 223.550 - 1.575 223.925s 11:58A Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 362.725 364.075 357.100 357.200 - 4.850 362.050 11:58A Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 359.175 360.600 353.675 353.775 - 4.875 358.650 11:58A Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 355.450 356.650 350.075 350.100 - 4.525 354.625 11:58A Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 352.075 353.300 346.500 346.575 - 4.325 350.900 11:58A Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 345.525 346.225 339.900 340.375 - 4.025 344.400 11:58A Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 341.500 341.675 336.950 336.950 - 3.300 340.250 11:58A Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 340.000 340.000 338.800 338.800 338.800 11:58A Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 337.000 337.000 336.000 336.000 - 0.500 336.500 11:58A Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 337.250 338.025 332.275 332.275 - 3.775 336.050 11:58A Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 52541.00 52865.00 52501.00 52786.00 162.00 52624.00 11:58A Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 53015.00 53271.00 52934.00 53200.00 157.00 53043.00 11:58A Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7517.25 7584.25 7516.25 7577.75 49.00 7528.75 11:58A Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7586.00 7650.25 7583.50 7646.25 51.00 7595.25 11:58A Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 29412.00 29931.25 29395.00 29890.50 422.00 29468.50 11:58A Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 29715.00 30229.25 29712.25 30201.50 432.25 29769.25 11:58A Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 71.15 71.15 70.93 70.93 -0.46 71.39 11:58A Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 70.65 71.43 70.08 70.16 -0.69 70.85 11:58A Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 70.14 70.92 69.59 69.63 -0.75 70.38 11:58A Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 69.60 70.33 69.03 69.08 -0.76 69.84 11:58A Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 69.27 69.97 68.69 68.75 -0.77 69.52 11:58A Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 69.32 69.83 68.56 68.63 -0.81 69.44 11:58A Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 68.99 69.52 68.28 68.36 -0.85 69.21 11:58A Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 68.76 69.13 67.91 67.94 -0.95 68.89 11:58A Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 606'4 611'0 606'4 611'0 11'4 599'4 11:56A Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 606'6 621'2 602'2 619'2 11'4 607'6 11:58A Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 621'2 635'4 618'0 633'6 10'4 623'2 11:58A Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 641'0 648'0 631'4 646'0 9'0 637'0 11:58A Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 642'0 655'0 639'4 653'2 8'0 645'2 11:58A Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 645'0 658'2 643'4 657'0 7'6 649'2 11:58A Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 657'2 667'4 654'2 667'2 7'6 659'4 11:58A Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 673'6 682'6 670'2 682'0 6'6 675'2 11:58A Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 691'4 0'0 687'0 11:58A Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 62190.0 63460.0 61795.0 62825.0 395.0 62430.0 11:58A Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
Aug 26 62675.0 63685.0 62065.0 63155.0 470.0 62685.0 11:58A Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 62625.0 63920.0 62520.0 63540.0 610.0 62930.0 11:57A Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 4066.4 4067.2 4064.2 4064.2 - 6.7 4070.9 11:58A Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
Aug 26 4087.6 4148.4 4063.4 4138.7 56.3 4082.4 11:58A Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 4101.9 4160.0 4085.6 4153.9 57.7 4096.2 11:58A Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 59.220 60.465 58.900 60.465 2.301 58.164 11:58A Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
Aug 26 58.545 60.715 57.950 60.615 2.285 58.330 11:58A Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 58.885 61.030 57.955 60.830 2.290 58.540 11:58A Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 74.95 75.13 71.64 71.82 -1.70 73.52 11:58A Chart for QCL6Q Options for QCL6Q
Sep 26 74.55 74.74 71.43 71.61 -1.66 73.27 11:58A Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
Oct 26 73.84 73.84 71.10 71.25 -1.51 72.76 11:58A Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
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