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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Temp
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DTN Weekly Average DDG Price Slightly Higher Again
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DTN Midday Livestock Comments 10/14 11:38
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 73oF Feels Like: 72oF
Humid: 41% Dew Pt: 48oF
Barom: 30.19 Wind Dir: SW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 6 mph
Sunrise: 7:25 Sunset: 6:17
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 4:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
Front Slipping Southeast Friday
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High: 73°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 461'6 464'6 453'4 464'2 1'2 463'2s 03:57P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 476'0 478'6 468'2 478'2 1'2 477'2s 02:59P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 484'0 486'4 476'4 486'2 1'2 485'2s 03:01P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 490'6 493'2 483'4 492'6 1'2 492'0s 02:30P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 489'0 490'0 482'4 490'0 -0'2 488'6s 01:20P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 502'4 503'4 496'6 502'4 -1'2 501'6s 02:30P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 516'6 516'6 511'0 515'2 -1'4 515'4s 01:20P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 523'4 523'4 518'2 522'4 -1'4 522'6s 01:20P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
Jul 28 526'4 526'4 522'4 526'0 -1'4 526'0s 01:20P Chart for @C8N Options for @C8N
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Nov 26 1247'4 1249'0 1235'6 1246'2 -3'0 1245'2s 03:51P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1262'6 1264'2 1250'0 1259'2 -5'2 1258'2s 03:25P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1273'2 1273'6 1259'2 1267'0 -7'0 1266'2s 03:14P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1281'2 1282'6 1268'2 1275'2 -7'6 1274'4s 03:13P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1288'0 1289'6 1275'0 1281'6 -8'6 1280'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1274'0 1275'4 1262'0 1266'6 -9'4 1265'6s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1244'0 1244'2 1235'0 1236'4 -10'0 1235'6s 01:30P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
Nov 27 1237'0 1238'2 1227'6 1229'0 -9'4 1228'6s 02:55P Chart for @S7X Options for @S7X
Jan 28 1249'2 1249'2 1240'4 1242'2 -9'2 1240'4s 01:20P Chart for @S8F Options for @S8F
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 3487 3493 3431 3481 - 4 3483s 02:52P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3475 3476 3421 3460 - 16 3459s 01:30P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3467 3468 3415 3446 - 24 3443s 03:25P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3481 3482 3432 3460 - 26 3455s 03:25P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3512 3512 3467 3491 - 25 3487s 03:26P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3490 3490 3450 3470 - 24 3465s 03:26P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
Sep 27 3462 3462 3424 3439 - 22 3434s 03:26P Chart for @SM7U Options for @SM7U
Oct 27 3400 3406 3389 3396 - 19 3396s 01:30P Chart for @SM7V Options for @SM7V
Dec 27 3437 3440 3410 3417 - 20 3417s 02:30P Chart for @SM7Z Options for @SM7Z
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 66.825 66.825 65.700 65.750 -1.425 65.725s 02:31P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 69.000 69.000 67.875 67.950 -1.250 67.925s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 73.800 73.800 72.625 72.725 -1.150 72.700s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 79.700 79.700 78.575 78.900 -1.050 78.650s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 88.400 88.625 87.300 87.375 -1.250 87.325s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 91.125 91.150 89.875 90.025 -1.250 89.975s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 91.300 91.425 90.250 90.375 -1.200 90.350s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 78.700 78.700 77.825 77.925 -1.150 77.900s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 72.450 72.450 71.650 71.650 -1.100 71.650s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
Feb 28 75.700 75.700 75.700 75.700 -0.625 75.700s 01:05P Chart for @HE8G Options for @HE8G
Apr 28 80.550 -0.975 80.550s 01:05P Chart for @HE8J Options for @HE8J
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 229.425 231.300 229.125 230.200 0.975 230.425s 02:34P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 230.175 232.450 229.500 231.050 0.950 231.125s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 233.000 235.225 232.200 233.825 0.725 233.825s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 234.275 236.550 233.475 235.225 0.875 235.275s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 228.100 230.675 227.525 229.425 1.050 229.450s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 224.275 226.675 223.475 225.425 1.075 225.500s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 222.450 224.775 221.675 223.500 1.050 223.625s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 222.850 224.825 221.925 223.700 0.950 223.875s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 223.025 225.150 222.475 224.050 0.875 224.125s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
Apr 28 224.000 224.350 223.750 223.750 0.775 223.950s 01:05P Chart for @LE8J Options for @LE8J
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 345.750 349.050 345.450 347.800 1.925 347.825s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 346.300 350.750 345.850 348.950 2.525 348.825s 02:30P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 342.650 348.225 342.525 345.675 3.200 345.825s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 338.750 344.900 338.675 342.150 3.625 342.375s 02:43P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 337.575 343.575 337.575 341.175 3.700 341.375s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 335.425 341.250 335.425 339.175 3.700 339.400s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 336.000 341.600 336.000 339.600 3.400 339.725s 01:05P Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
Sep 27 334.700 338.500 334.700 336.700 3.150 336.850s 01:05P Chart for @GF7U Options for @GF7U
Oct 27 335.000 335.050 333.000 333.250 3.100 333.300s 01:05P Chart for @GF7V Options for @GF7V
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 52792.00 53168.00 52602.00 53106.00 340.00 53059.00s 04:00P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
Mar 27 53248.00 53625.00 53092.00 53625.00 344.00 53541.00s 04:00P Chart for @YM7H Options for @YM7H
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 7785.00 7812.25 7751.00 7800.25 45.00 7800.25s 04:00P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
Mar 27 7861.75 7889.25 7828.00 7876.50 46.00 7878.00s 04:00P Chart for @ES7H Options for @ES7H
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 29925.00 30113.00 29727.50 30023.75 331.75 30007.00s 04:00P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
Mar 27 30300.00 30450.00 30081.75 30358.75 337.50 30349.50s 04:00P Chart for @NQ7H Options for @NQ7H
@QM - E-MINI CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 98.125 100.400 96.375 97.725 - 0.675 97.150s 04:00P Chart for @QM6Z Options for @QM6Z
Jan 27 96.250 98.400 94.750 96.075 -0.575 95.450s 04:00P Chart for @QM7F Options for @QM7F
Feb 27 94.075 95.400 93.850 94.125 -0.350 93.700s 04:00P Chart for @QM7G Options for @QM7G
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 66.82 66.98 65.55 65.95 -0.76 65.97s 03:55P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 67.00 67.15 65.75 66.13 -0.77 66.14s 03:56P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 67.21 67.37 66.03 66.38 -0.74 66.38s 03:56P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 67.38 67.56 66.30 66.63 -0.72 66.62s 01:30P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 67.43 67.59 66.33 66.62 -0.71 66.63s 01:30P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
Aug 27 67.01 67.12 65.95 66.14 -0.74 66.17s 01:20P Chart for @BO7Q Options for @BO7Q
Sep 27 66.46 66.49 65.54 65.63 -0.78 65.64s 01:20P Chart for @BO7U Options for @BO7U
Oct 27 65.93 65.96 64.98 65.04 -0.79 65.08s 01:20P Chart for @BO7V Options for @BO7V
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Dec 26 643'2 643'6 621'0 628'2 -15'0 628'2s 02:30P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 658'6 659'0 636'2 643'0 -15'6 642'6s 02:30P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 667'0 667'0 644'6 650'4 -16'4 650'2s 03:52P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 670'2 671'0 650'6 655'4 -15'0 655'2s 02:43P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 678'0 678'2 659'6 663'6 -13'2 664'0s 01:20P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 688'2 688'2 674'0 677'4 -11'4 677'4s 01:30P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 697'0 697'0 684'4 688'6 -10'2 687'4s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 691'4 691'4 688'0 688'0 -9'4 688'4s 01:20P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
Jul 28 676'4 677'4 676'4 677'4 -8'0 673'2s 01:20P Chart for @W8N Options for @W8N
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 84725.0 84945.0 84725.0 84945.0 330.0 84615.0 04:32P Chart for @BTC6V Options for @BTC6V
Nov 26 85200.0 84990.0 Chart for @BTC6X Options for @BTC6X
Dec 26 84640.0 85740.0 84640.0 85285.0 2070.0 85365.0s 04:00P Chart for @BTC6Z Options for @BTC6Z
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 4144.8 8.1 4130.5s 04:00P Chart for QGC6V Options for QGC6V
Nov 26 4130.7 4145.0 4108.0 4142.9 7.3 4135.4s 04:00P Chart for QGC6X Options for QGC6X
Dec 26 4143.4 4160.6 4122.3 4159.5 7.4 4150.0s 04:00P Chart for QGC6Z Options for QGC6Z
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Oct 26 57.250 57.350 57.250 57.350 - 0.284 57.422s 04:00P Chart for QSI6V Options for QSI6V
Nov 26 57.850 57.850 57.265 57.790 -0.289 57.500s 04:00P Chart for QSI6X Options for QSI6X
Dec 26 58.155 58.415 57.050 58.115 -0.290 57.710s 04:00P Chart for QSI6Z Options for QSI6Z
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