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Local Conditions
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Temp: 32oF Feels Like: 26oF
Humid: 44% Dew Pt: 12oF
Barom: 30.39 Wind Dir: NNW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 7 mph
Sunrise: 7:14 Sunset: 5:26
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 2:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
Snow Moving Through Great Lakes Ahead of Clipper Thursday
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 428'4 432'6 425'2 429'0 1'0 429'4s 03:02P Chart for @C6H Options for @C6H
May 26 435'6 440'4 433'0 436'2 1'2 437'0s 02:59P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 442'0 446'6 439'6 442'6 1'2 443'2s 02:59P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 441'2 445'4 439'6 442'2 1'0 442'4s 02:35P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 456'6 460'4 454'4 457'0 0'4 457'2s 02:36P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 468'6 472'6 467'0 469'0 0'2 469'4s 02:55P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 475'0 478'6 473'4 475'2 0'0 475'4s 02:57P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 478'6 482'2 477'2 478'6 0'0 479'0s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 465'0 467'0 462'6 464'4 0'2 465'0s 01:30P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 1066'6 1115'2 1059'4 1092'0 26'4 1092'2s 03:06P Chart for @S6H Options for @S6H
May 26 1079'0 1127'0 1073'0 1104'6 27'4 1104'6s 03:02P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1092'0 1137'2 1086'6 1116'6 26'2 1116'6s 02:30P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1089'6 1127'6 1084'4 1108'6 20'6 1108'4s 01:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1073'6 1101'0 1069'4 1083'6 11'2 1083'6s 01:30P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1080'0 1104'2 1075'6 1087'0 8'2 1087'4s 03:04P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1090'4 1114'0 1087'2 1097'6 7'6 1098'4s 01:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1092'6 1116'0 1089'6 1099'0 6'2 1099'4s 02:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1098'4 1120'0 1095'2 1103'6 5'6 1104'2s 02:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 2921 3036 2883 2964 43 2962s 02:49P Chart for @SM6H Options for @SM6H
May 26 2958 3072 2927 3003 46 3003s 01:30P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3007 3112 2978 3048 42 3048s 02:30P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3024 3121 2998 3058 35 3059s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3036 3123 3012 3060 25 3061s 02:35P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3044 3117 3019 3055 13 3056s 01:30P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3083 3148 3059 3089 5 3088s 01:30P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3100 3156 3077 3101 2 3102s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3116 3169 3093 3111 - 1 3112s 01:30P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Feb 26 88.550 88.900 87.700 87.900 -0.550 88.000s 01:05P Chart for @HE6G Options for @HE6G
Apr 26 98.150 99.800 98.075 98.500 0.300 98.450s 01:05P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 102.175 103.075 101.400 101.750 - 0.175 101.750s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 110.875 112.025 110.175 110.525 - 0.300 110.575s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 111.825 112.650 110.975 111.275 - 0.475 111.350s 02:30P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 110.475 111.075 109.525 109.800 - 0.575 109.900s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 92.350 92.575 91.550 92.025 -0.425 92.000s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 82.500 82.725 81.975 82.475 -0.225 82.425s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Feb 26 240.450 242.550 239.925 240.525 0.200 240.525s 01:05P Chart for @LE6G Options for @LE6G
Apr 26 241.875 244.575 241.325 241.650 0.175 241.800s 01:05P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 236.775 239.375 236.450 237.100 0.600 237.225s 02:31P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 233.975 236.450 233.700 234.725 0.900 234.725s 02:30P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 233.250 235.525 232.975 234.100 1.100 234.200s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 233.875 235.900 233.525 234.575 1.075 234.650s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 233.775 235.700 233.500 234.525 1.025 234.525s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 232.675 234.850 232.650 233.550 0.900 233.550s 02:31P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 367.925 373.600 367.850 369.900 2.150 370.075s 01:05P Chart for @GF6H Options for @GF6H
Apr 26 365.750 371.025 365.750 367.425 1.625 367.500s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 362.200 367.100 362.200 363.700 1.350 363.750s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 359.950 365.750 359.950 362.225 1.450 362.275s 02:30P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 358.425 363.175 358.325 359.850 1.500 359.900s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 355.050 360.200 355.050 357.050 1.475 357.050s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 351.925 356.200 351.925 353.300 1.525 353.300s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 345.000 349.000 344.525 346.050 1.475 346.050s 02:37P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
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Mar 26 49379.00 49758.00 49215.00 49677.00 327.00 49589.00 03:06P Chart for @YM6H Options for @YM6H
Jun 26 49708.00 50085.00 49545.00 49983.00 307.00 49915.00 03:06P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 6934.00 6965.75 6862.50 6912.00 - 29.75 6906.25 03:06P Chart for @ES6H Options for @ES6H
Jun 26 6986.00 7018.25 6915.50 6964.50 - 31.00 6959.50 03:06P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 25387.50 25514.25 24783.50 25007.00 - 445.00 24999.25 03:06P Chart for @NQ6H Options for @NQ6H
Jun 26 25621.25 25736.50 25009.00 25225.00 - 456.75 25220.75 03:06P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 54.49 55.85 54.20 55.69 1.17 55.66s 02:30P Chart for @BO6H Options for @BO6H
May 26 55.03 56.35 54.74 56.23 1.15 56.18s 01:30P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 55.37 56.55 55.04 56.41 1.10 56.40s 01:30P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 529'2 531'6 522'2 526'6 -2'0 526'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6H Options for @W6H
May 26 538'2 541'0 531'6 536'2 -1'4 536'2s 01:30P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 549'6 552'0 542'6 547'2 -1'4 547'2s 01:30P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 562'6 564'2 555'4 560'2 -1'2 560'2s 01:30P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 581'4 583'0 574'0 579'0 -1'2 579'0s 01:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 598'0 598'0 591'0 594'6 -0'6 595'2s 01:30P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 603'6 -0'6 603'6s 01:30P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 605'0 605'0 598'2 601'4 -1'0 602'2s 01:30P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 620'0 -1'0 610'6s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Feb 26 75825.0 77110.0 72170.0 73745.0 -3110.0 73570.0 03:00P Chart for @BTC6G Options for @BTC6G
Mar 26 76185.0 77225.0 72600.0 73895.0 -3130.0 73855.0 03:00P Chart for @BTC6H Options for @BTC6H
Apr 26 74090.0 74460.0 74060.0 74460.0 -3135.0 74150.0 03:00P Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Feb 26 4923.3 5082.2 4897.9 4924.3 20.6 4920.4 03:06P Chart for QGC6G Options for QGC6G
Mar 26 4952.9 5095.3 4850.0 4953.1 35.4 4933.4 03:06P Chart for QGC6H Options for QGC6H
Apr 26 4966.1 5113.9 4867.7 4973.9 38.9 4950.8 03:06P Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Feb 26 87.110 90.975 83.625 85.475 1.123 84.165 03:06P Chart for QSI6G Options for QSI6G
Mar 26 84.915 92.015 83.000 87.085 3.784 84.396 03:06P Chart for QSI6H Options for QSI6H
Apr 26 85.850 92.080 83.560 87.490 3.865 84.729 03:06P Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 63.80 65.53 62.86 64.38 1.17 65.14 03:06P Chart for QCL6H Options for QCL6H
Apr 26 63.38 65.07 62.48 64.01 1.18 64.75 03:06P Chart for QCL6J Options for QCL6J
May 26 62.93 64.66 62.15 63.66 1.18 64.36 03:06P Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
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