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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 54/80 50/73 45/75 55/83 58/83
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L/H (°F)		 54/80 50/73 42/75 55/83 58/83
Dew Point
(°F)		 46 40 41 52 58
Humidity
(%)		 44 40 38 54 55
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UP and NS Resubmit Merger Application to STB Amid Growing Opposition
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CME Feeder Cattle Index 05/08
Weekly Beef Export Sales 05/07 07:35
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 52oF Feels Like: 52oF
Humid: 50% Dew Pt: 34oF
Barom: 30.02 Wind Dir: SSE
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 10 mph
Sunrise: 5:50 Sunset: 8:15
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 5:00 AM
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Showers Moving Through Midwest Tuesday
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Local Forecast
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High: 80°F
Low: 54°F
Precip: 63%		 High: 73°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 461'0 0'0 460'6 05:13A Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 475'0 476'0 473'6 475'6 0'4 475'2 05:14A Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 481'2 482'4 480'2 482'4 0'6 481'6 05:14A Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 497'4 498'4 496'4 498'4 0'6 497'6 05:14A Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 511'0 512'4 510'2 512'2 0'6 511'4 05:14A Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 517'4 520'0 517'4 519'4 0'4 519'0 05:14A Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 521'6 523'4 521'6 522'2 -0'6 523'0 05:14A Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 504'0 504'6 504'0 504'6 0'0 504'6 05:13A Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 508'4 509'2 508'0 509'2 0'2 509'0 05:14A Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1199'2 0'0 1199'6 05:14A Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1211'6 1217'0 1211'2 1216'6 3'6 1213'0 05:14A Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1207'2 1211'4 1206'4 1211'4 3'4 1208'0 05:14A Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1190'0 1193'6 1189'2 1193'2 3'0 1190'2 05:14A Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1194'0 1198'2 1193'0 1197'0 2'2 1194'6 05:14A Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1205'2 1209'6 1204'4 1209'0 2'6 1206'2 05:14A Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1201'0 1207'0 1201'0 1205'0 2'6 1202'2 05:14A Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1201'6 1209'0 1201'6 1207'4 3'6 1203'6 05:14A Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1207'2 1214'4 1207'2 1212'6 4'0 1208'6 05:14A Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3337 3356 3330 3330 51 3279 05:14A Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3250 3265 3238 3251 3 3248 05:14A Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3204 3218 3191 3203 1 3202 05:14A Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3172 3185 3161 3171 - 2 3173 05:14A Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3147 3160 3136 3147 - 1 3148 05:14A Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3185 3197 3173 3183 - 1 3184 05:14A Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3195 3202 3181 3188 - 3 3191 05:14A Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3181 3195 3174 3174 - 9 3183 05:14A Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3186 3189 3176 3176 - 9 3185 05:14A Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 91.000 91.350 90.550 90.925 90.875s 05/11 Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 99.275 100.900 98.900 100.125 1.600 100.225s 05/11 Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 103.700 104.850 103.275 104.500 1.450 104.650s 05/11 Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 104.900 105.850 104.500 105.450 1.275 105.700s 05/11 Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 90.600 91.800 90.475 91.575 1.350 91.775s 05/11 Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 83.025 84.150 83.025 83.900 1.175 84.100s 05/11 Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 85.925 86.750 85.900 86.475 1.000 86.675s 05/11 Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 90.000 90.500 89.850 90.300 0.850 90.450s 05/11 Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 249.425 252.150 245.475 249.650 0.500 249.400s 05/11 Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 244.475 247.000 239.900 243.600 - 0.550 243.550s 05/11 Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 238.425 240.500 233.600 236.750 - 1.625 236.675s 05/11 Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 237.525 239.525 232.700 236.050 - 1.600 235.925s 05/11 Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 237.500 239.400 232.750 236.125 - 1.475 235.975s 05/11 Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 236.675 238.725 232.350 235.500 - 1.400 235.425s 05/11 Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 230.575 232.150 226.225 229.425 - 1.325 229.250s 05/11 Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 227.875 229.600 223.800 225.225 - 1.375 226.375s 05/11 Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 368.025 371.250 364.775 368.325 1.025 368.400s 05/11 Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 364.800 367.450 357.250 362.450 - 1.925 362.300s 05/11 Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 362.800 365.675 355.525 360.350 - 2.075 360.150s 05/11 Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 360.625 363.000 353.150 357.525 - 2.475 357.325s 05/11 Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 356.950 359.750 350.050 354.275 - 2.650 354.075s 05/11 Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 350.950 353.475 344.450 347.900 - 2.975 347.675s 05/11 Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 347.400 347.600 340.150 343.025 - 3.175 343.025s 05/11 Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 345.475 346.150 339.125 340.800 - 3.625 340.900s 05/11 Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 49788.00 49841.00 49644.00 49750.00 - 42.00 49792.00 05:14A Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 50129.00 50129.00 49956.00 50053.00 - 48.00 50101.00 05:14A Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 7435.50 7443.75 7402.25 7415.25 - 21.50 7436.75 05:14A Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 7497.00 7501.00 7461.00 7471.25 - 23.50 7494.75 05:14A Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 29399.00 29455.75 29174.00 29238.25 - 185.75 29424.00 05:14A Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 29675.00 29715.75 29455.25 29499.00 - 191.00 29690.00 05:14A Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 74.86 74.68 05:14A Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 73.77 74.37 73.72 74.35 0.61 73.74 05:14A Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 72.25 72.94 72.25 72.91 0.53 72.38 05:14A Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 71.27 71.79 71.19 71.78 0.49 71.29 05:14A Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 70.19 70.76 70.10 70.73 0.48 70.25 05:14A Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 69.41 70.04 69.41 70.01 0.47 69.54 05:14A Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 69.04 69.41 68.95 69.39 0.39 69.00 05:14A Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 68.13 68.78 68.13 68.78 0.52 68.26 05:14A Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 632'6 632'6 629'6 629'6 7'4 622'2 05:13A Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 639'2 643'2 636'6 643'0 9'0 634'0 05:14A Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 653'2 657'6 651'2 657'4 8'6 648'6 05:14A Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 672'0 678'6 672'0 678'2 8'2 670'0 05:14A Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 690'4 696'4 690'4 695'6 8'0 687'6 05:14A Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 701'6 703'6 699'4 702'4 6'2 696'2 05:14A Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 696'6 702'2 696'6 700'0 4'0 696'0 05:14A Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 707'6 709'4 707'6 708'4 4'6 703'6 05:14A Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 718'6 721'6 718'6 721'4 3'4 718'0 05:14A Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 82115.0 82215.0 80840.0 80940.0 -1245.0 82185.0 05:14A Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
Jun 26 82430.0 82435.0 81310.0 81325.0 -1200.0 82525.0 05:14A Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
Jul 26 82980.0 82980.0 82460.0 82460.0 - 440.0 82900.0 05:14A Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 4762.2 4765.2 4715.0 4715.0 - 3.7 4718.7 05:15A Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
Jun 26 4745.3 4783.4 4692.4 4713.1 - 15.6 4728.7 05:15A Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
Jul 26 4766.7 4799.0 4720.9 4724.1 - 21.5 4745.6 05:15A Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 86.495 86.810 84.050 84.475 -1.010 85.485 05:15A Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
Jun 26 86.630 87.690 83.850 84.510 -1.144 85.654 05:15A Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
Jul 26 86.740 88.000 84.150 85.090 -0.858 85.948 05:15A Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 98.39 101.76 98.00 100.98 2.91 98.07 05:15A Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
Jul 26 95.13 98.01 94.68 97.38 2.64 94.74 05:15A Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
Aug 26 91.29 93.88 90.97 93.40 2.42 90.98 05:15A Chart for QCL6Q Options for QCL6Q
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