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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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L/H (°F)		 34/67 45/76 45/80 42/64 30/51
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Dew Point
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Shippers and Railroads Comment on STB Reciprocal Switching Rule Proposal
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DTN Cattle Prices/Trends 03/19 11:20
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CME Feeder Cattle Index 03/18
Weekly Beef Export Sales 03/19 07:35
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DTN Hog Prices/Trends 03/19 11:00
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Gabbard: Iran Government Still Intact 03/19 06:13
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Dems Storm Out of DOJ Epstein Briefing 03/19 06:28
Mullin Sees Different Vision for FEMA 03/19 06:12
US Nat'l Debt Surges Past $39T Amid War03/19 06:18
Financial Markets 03/19 09:26

Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 66oF Feels Like: 65oF
Humid: 49% Dew Pt: 46oF
Barom: 30.05 Wind Dir: ENE
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 9 mph
Sunrise: 7:11 Sunset: 7:17
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 1:00 PM
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Even Warmer Friday
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 463'2 470'0 463'2 470'0 6'4 469'6s 01:30P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 474'2 480'6 474'2 480'0 5'4 480'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 476'6 483'2 476'6 482'4 5'0 482'0s 01:30P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 490'0 495'4 489'6 494'4 4'6 494'4s 01:30P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 499'4 504'6 499'4 504'0 4'4 504'0s 01:30P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 505'0 510'0 505'0 508'6 4'0 509'4s 01:30P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 507'4 512'4 507'4 512'0 4'0 512'0s 01:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 484'4 487'0 484'4 486'6 4'0 487'0s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 486'2 490'0 485'2 489'4 4'4 489'6s 01:24P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1165'0 1173'4 1157'0 1168'4 6'6 1168'4s 01:20P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1179'6 1188'4 1171'6 1183'4 6'6 1183'2s 01:20P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1173'2 1181'4 1165'4 1177'2 6'6 1176'4s 01:30P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1145'6 1152'6 1138'0 1148'6 6'4 1147'6s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1141'4 1153'6 1138'4 1147'4 4'6 1146'2s 01:30P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1153'2 1164'0 1149'2 1157'6 4'4 1156'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1150'2 1160'2 1148'4 1153'6 2'6 1152'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1152'2 1162'0 1150'6 1155'6 2'2 1155'0s 01:30P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1157'4 1167'4 1156'4 1161'2 2'0 1160'4s 01:20P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3217 3355 3216 3329 108 3325s 01:30P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3181 3305 3181 3290 92 3284s 01:30P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3167 3265 3164 3258 84 3249s 01:26P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3140 3231 3140 3230 79 3218s 01:30P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3120 3201 3114 3200 72 3190s 01:26P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3139 3227 3139 3227 68 3215s 01:21P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3155 3221 3155 3221 60 3210s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3145 3196 3145 3196 45 3189s 01:26P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3147 3189 3147 3186 33 3180s 01:26P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 93.650 93.725 91.925 92.175 -1.700 92.050s 01:05P Chart for @HE6J Options for @HE6J
May 26 98.100 98.100 96.000 96.025 - 2.650 96.050s 01:05P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 107.100 107.100 104.675 104.725 - 2.775 104.750s 01:05P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 109.225 109.250 107.025 107.125 - 2.600 107.075s 01:05P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 108.375 108.375 106.575 106.725 - 2.425 106.650s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 92.575 92.575 90.650 90.800 -1.925 90.750s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 84.300 84.300 82.925 83.125 -1.450 83.125s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 86.650 86.650 85.600 85.850 -1.225 85.825s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 234.900 234.950 232.650 233.350 - 2.125 233.275s 01:05P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 233.450 233.475 231.000 231.750 - 2.300 231.700s 01:05P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 231.000 231.050 228.525 229.200 - 2.500 229.100s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 229.300 229.300 226.350 226.950 - 2.750 226.950s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 229.725 229.725 226.725 227.375 - 2.750 227.300s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 230.000 230.000 227.100 227.675 - 2.675 227.575s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 228.475 228.750 226.700 227.100 - 2.650 226.925s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 222.750 222.750 220.200 220.400 - 2.500 220.250s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 357.050 357.575 354.950 355.675 - 3.450 355.275s 01:05P Chart for @GF6H Options for @GF6H
Apr 26 351.000 351.600 347.025 347.850 - 6.075 347.750s 01:05P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 347.000 347.000 342.550 343.575 - 6.450 343.425s 01:05P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 347.000 347.100 342.550 343.375 - 6.425 343.375s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 345.575 345.825 341.700 342.500 - 6.250 342.375s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 343.975 344.275 340.375 341.075 - 5.900 341.125s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 341.175 341.975 338.675 339.500 - 5.550 339.400s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 335.550 336.000 332.950 333.650 - 5.325 333.600s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
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Mar 26 46226.00 46315.00 45748.00 45819.00 - 415.00 46234.00 01:48P Chart for @YM6H Options for @YM6H
Jun 26 46486.00 46626.00 46039.00 46119.00 - 416.00 46535.00 01:48P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 6622.00 6644.50 6561.75 6576.50 - 49.50 6626.00 01:50P Chart for @ES6H Options for @ES6H
Jun 26 6673.00 6695.00 6611.75 6626.50 - 50.50 6677.00 01:50P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
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Mar 26 24399.75 24505.25 24115.00 24225.00 - 209.50 24434.50 01:48P Chart for @NQ6H Options for @NQ6H
Jun 26 24622.00 24725.25 24326.75 24434.25 - 217.00 24651.25 01:48P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 66.00 66.27 65.02 65.23 -0.12 65.41s 01:30P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 65.82 66.06 64.89 65.01 -0.14 65.23s 01:30P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 64.96 65.20 64.07 64.15 -0.20 64.34s 01:20P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 63.90 64.39 63.25 63.35 -0.19 63.54s 01:30P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 63.08 63.51 62.37 62.49 -0.17 62.69s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 62.74 63.06 61.89 62.10 -0.16 62.27s 01:30P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 62.26 62.53 61.47 61.75 -0.10 61.94s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 61.58 61.91 60.80 61.09 -0.04 61.30s 01:30P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 608'2 616'0 600'4 610'2 3'6 608'0s 01:30P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 620'0 626'4 612'0 621'6 4'0 619'4s 01:30P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 629'0 638'4 624'4 635'0 5'0 632'6s 01:30P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 647'6 654'4 641'2 652'0 5'6 650'0s 01:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 661'4 667'0 655'4 665'0 5'6 663'4s 01:20P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 667'2 671'2 660'6 668'2 5'4 669'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 654'4 660'0 650'4 659'0 3'6 658'6s 01:20P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 660'0 664'0 653'2 660'2 4'4 662'6s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 666'0 670'6 666'0 670'0 4'6 672'0s 01:30P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 71275.0 71755.0 68835.0 69735.0 -1380.0 71115.0 01:49P Chart for @BTC6H Options for @BTC6H
Apr 26 71460.0 71935.0 69045.0 69985.0 -1385.0 71370.0 01:49P Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
May 26 71545.0 71545.0 70080.0 70080.0 -1615.0 71695.0 01:49P Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 4830.3 4830.3 4554.0 4586.9 -289.2 4600.7 01:49P Chart for QGC6H Options for QGC6H
Apr 26 4828.0 4868.7 4505.0 4610.5 -285.7 4605.7 01:49P Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 4854.6 4883.7 4523.4 4633.7 -280.4 4622.9 01:49P Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Mar 26 75.705 76.105 67.000 70.930 -6.308 70.902 01:49P Chart for QSI6H Options for QSI6H
Apr 26 75.010 76.400 65.455 71.100 -6.232 70.974 01:49P Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 75.365 76.755 65.550 71.195 -6.397 71.215 01:49P Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 99.13 101.48 94.94 96.50 0.18 96.14 01:50P Chart for QCL6J Options for QCL6J
May 26 98.06 100.48 94.16 96.06 0.60 95.55 01:50P Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
Jun 26 94.93 97.27 91.53 93.30 0.87 92.96 01:50P Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
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