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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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L/H (°F)		 57/85 62/85 64/88 69/84 59/73
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L/H (°F)		 57/85 62/86 64/89 69/86 59/73
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Washington, IA
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Temp: 57oF Feels Like: 57oF
Humid: 82% Dew Pt: 52oF
Barom: 29.81 Wind Dir: SSE
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 13 mph
Sunrise: 5:47 Sunset: 8:18
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 5:00 AM
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Front Stalling in Western and Central Corn Belt Friday
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High: 85°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 468'2 473'6 466'0 466'2 -1'2 467'4 05:30A Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 474'6 480'0 472'6 473'2 -1'0 474'2 05:30A Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 491'4 496'6 490'0 490'4 -0'6 491'2 05:30A Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 505'0 510'0 503'4 504'0 -0'6 504'6 05:30A Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 512'0 517'0 510'6 511'2 -0'4 511'6 05:30A Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 516'4 520'2 514'6 514'6 -0'4 515'2 05:30A Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 497'4 500'2 497'2 497'2 0'2 497'0 05:30A Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 501'6 505'4 500'6 501'0 -0'6 501'6 05:30A Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 513'6 513'6 511'2 511'2 -0'6 512'0 05:29A Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 1193'6 1202'0 1186'0 1187'4 -5'0 1192'4 05:30A Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1191'0 1199'0 1184'0 1185'0 -4'6 1189'6 05:30A Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1176'4 1183'6 1168'6 1170'0 -5'2 1175'2 05:30A Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1184'0 1191'6 1176'4 1178'0 -5'4 1183'4 05:30A Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1196'0 1203'2 1188'4 1189'6 -5'6 1195'4 05:30A Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1193'6 1200'4 1186'6 1187'6 -5'4 1193'2 05:30A Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1195'0 1202'2 1189'4 1190'0 -5'4 1195'4 05:30A Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1205'0 1207'0 1194'4 1195'0 -5'2 1200'2 05:30A Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1201'2 0'0 1183'6 05:29A Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 3325 3343 3300 3304 - 21 3325 05:30A Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3255 3278 3234 3237 - 21 3258 05:30A Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3215 3234 3190 3194 - 23 3217 05:30A Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3191 3208 3160 3163 - 28 3191 05:30A Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3224 3244 3195 3198 - 30 3228 05:30A Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3230 3245 3200 3204 - 28 3232 05:30A Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3215 3227 3186 3186 - 32 3218 05:30A Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3217 3217 3179 3181 - 28 3209 05:30A Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3227 3227 3194 3194 - 28 3222 05:30A Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 90.850 90.900 90.375 90.375 -0.450 90.450s 05/14 Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 100.600 100.650 99.325 99.650 - 1.350 99.525s 05/14 Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 105.575 105.600 104.475 104.775 - 1.325 104.550s 05/14 Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 106.300 106.325 105.325 105.700 - 1.050 105.475s 05/14 Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 92.000 92.150 91.525 92.025 -0.375 91.875s 05/14 Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 84.275 84.400 83.750 84.400 -0.200 84.300s 05/14 Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 86.925 87.050 86.300 87.000 0.025 86.975s 05/14 Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 90.750 91.000 90.150 90.875 0.150 90.900s 05/14 Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 254.625 255.225 251.800 252.350 - 0.725 252.075s 05/14 Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 248.125 249.025 245.850 246.400 - 0.325 246.150s 05/14 Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 240.000 240.625 237.875 238.325 - 0.525 238.075s 05/14 Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 239.025 239.775 237.025 237.400 - 0.525 237.250s 05/14 Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 238.550 239.400 236.625 237.075 - 0.550 236.975s 05/14 Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 237.675 238.500 235.875 236.325 - 0.575 236.100s 05/14 Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 231.225 231.975 229.625 229.825 - 0.575 229.650s 05/14 Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 228.050 228.675 226.500 226.525 - 0.400 226.500s 05/14 Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 369.000 369.800 367.075 367.650 0.250 367.575s 05/14 Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 363.650 364.550 357.100 358.225 - 2.925 358.000s 05/14 Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 360.175 361.575 354.550 355.525 - 2.750 355.225s 05/14 Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 357.400 358.150 351.275 352.225 - 2.750 351.825s 05/14 Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 353.800 354.600 347.650 348.625 - 2.750 348.275s 05/14 Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 347.225 348.375 341.225 342.275 - 2.525 341.950s 05/14 Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 342.950 343.025 337.050 337.925 - 2.100 337.550s 05/14 Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 339.400 339.400 338.000 338.000 - 1.850 335.850s 05/14 Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 50152.00 50166.00 49746.00 49865.00 - 289.00 50154.00 05:30A Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 50400.00 50400.00 50090.00 50200.00 - 264.00 50464.00 05:30A Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 7522.25 7528.25 7435.75 7454.75 - 70.75 7525.50 05:30A Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 7585.25 7585.25 7493.00 7512.00 - 73.00 7585.00 05:30A Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 29690.00 29734.00 29177.00 29279.25 - 408.50 29687.75 05:30A Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 29955.50 29993.25 29450.00 29548.00 - 412.25 29960.25 05:30A Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 73.96 74.25 73.68 73.94 0.28 73.66 05:30A Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 72.45 72.70 72.17 72.37 0.28 72.09 05:30A Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 71.31 71.49 70.98 71.17 0.24 70.93 05:30A Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 70.35 70.44 69.90 70.15 0.19 69.96 05:30A Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 69.59 69.75 69.19 69.50 0.19 69.31 05:30A Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 69.11 69.24 68.69 68.91 0.12 68.79 05:30A Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 68.50 68.55 68.04 68.30 0.17 68.13 05:30A Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 67.64 67.78 67.58 67.58 0.12 67.46 05:30A Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 658'2 663'4 651'6 654'0 -4'0 658'0 05:30A Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 671'6 677'0 665'6 667'4 -4'2 671'6 05:30A Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 690'6 696'2 685'2 687'0 -4'0 691'0 05:30A Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 705'4 711'4 700'6 702'2 -4'2 706'4 05:30A Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 713'4 716'0 707'0 709'2 -3'2 712'4 05:30A Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 707'6 710'0 702'4 704'2 -3'6 708'0 05:30A Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 713'0 713'0 707'2 709'6 -2'6 712'4 05:30A Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 722'6 722'6 720'0 720'2 -2'2 722'4 05:30A Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 738'0 0'0 728'0 05:30A Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 81555.0 81895.0 80415.0 80665.0 - 955.0 81620.0 05:30A Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
Jun 26 82005.0 82160.0 80795.0 80970.0 - 995.0 81965.0 05:30A Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
Jul 26 82340.0 82355.0 Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 4615.2 4615.2 4574.6 4574.6 -103.5 4678.1 05:29A Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
Jun 26 4654.5 4670.1 4535.4 4556.3 -129.0 4685.3 05:29A Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
Jul 26 4681.6 4681.6 4554.7 4580.8 -120.9 4701.7 05:29A Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 80.610 80.610 78.195 78.295 -6.617 84.912 05:29A Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
Jun 26 83.670 84.010 77.310 78.790 -6.246 85.036 05:29A Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
Jul 26 84.000 84.380 77.200 78.915 -6.413 85.328 05:29A Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 102.06 105.31 101.48 104.50 3.33 101.17 05:29A Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
Jul 26 97.71 100.94 97.23 100.08 3.16 96.92 05:29A Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
Aug 26 93.30 95.99 92.78 95.21 2.73 92.48 05:29A Chart for QCL6Q Options for QCL6Q
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