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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Temp
L/H (°F)		 42/71 49/77 46/67 43/70 50/74
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Local Conditions
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Temp: 46oF Feels Like: 44oF
Humid: 100% Dew Pt: 46oF
Barom: 29.81 Wind Dir: NE
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 5 mph
Sunrise: 5:55 Sunset: 8:11
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 5:00 AM
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Spotty Showers and Thunderstorms Friday
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 454'0 454'0 454'0 454'0 1'2 452'6 05:20A Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 466'6 468'2 465'6 466'6 -0'6 467'4 05:20A Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 473'0 474'4 472'2 473'0 -1'2 474'2 05:21A Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 488'4 490'0 487'4 488'4 -1'0 489'4 05:20A Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 501'4 503'2 500'6 502'0 -0'6 502'6 05:21A Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 509'4 510'4 508'2 509'2 -0'6 510'0 05:21A Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 513'2 514'0 512'2 514'0 0'4 513'4 05:21A Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 496'0 496'0 496'0 496'0 -0'2 496'2 05:20A Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 500'4 501'2 500'0 501'2 0'0 501'2 05:20A Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1177'4 0'0 1177'0 05:21A Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1195'2 1196'4 1189'4 1192'0 -0'2 1192'2 05:20A Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1189'2 1190'4 1184'2 1186'4 -0'2 1186'6 05:21A Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1170'0 1170'2 1165'6 1167'6 0'6 1167'0 05:21A Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1175'4 1177'2 1172'4 1174'6 1'2 1173'4 05:20A Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1187'4 1189'0 1185'0 1187'0 1'4 1185'4 05:21A Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1184'4 1187'0 1183'2 1185'4 2'2 1183'2 05:21A Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1189'0 1189'6 1186'4 1189'2 3'2 1186'0 05:21A Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1195'0 1195'4 1192'4 1194'0 1'6 1192'2 05:21A Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3212 3212 3210 3210 - 3 3213 05:21A Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3189 3189 3170 3188 - 1 3189 05:21A Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3144 3150 3132 3146 - 3 3149 05:21A Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3119 3120 3103 3115 - 4 3119 05:21A Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3088 3093 3078 3091 - 4 3095 05:21A Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3122 3130 3114 3127 - 4 3131 05:21A Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3129 3137 3123 3136 - 4 3140 05:21A Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3127 3132 3119 3132 - 4 3136 05:21A Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3126 3136 3123 3134 - 6 3140 05:21A Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 91.500 92.125 91.075 91.400 -0.200 91.500s 05/07 Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 99.600 100.650 98.900 99.300 - 0.325 99.375s 05/07 Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 102.175 103.175 101.350 103.125 0.700 102.950s 05/07 Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 103.250 104.275 102.425 104.225 0.800 104.100s 05/07 Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 89.525 89.950 88.675 89.800 0.275 89.775s 05/07 Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 82.450 82.675 81.400 82.450 0.225 82.500s 05/07 Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 85.375 85.575 84.500 85.300 0.075 85.375s 05/07 Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 89.250 89.500 88.450 89.225 0.100 89.350s 05/07 Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 253.250 253.450 246.925 250.450 - 3.425 250.050s 05/07 Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 248.625 248.625 242.125 246.300 - 3.000 245.900s 05/07 Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 243.400 243.425 237.025 240.400 - 3.750 239.975s 05/07 Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 242.650 242.850 236.700 239.450 - 3.850 239.200s 05/07 Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 242.600 242.725 237.075 239.175 - 3.925 238.975s 05/07 Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 241.775 241.775 236.500 238.550 - 3.800 238.275s 05/07 Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 235.400 235.400 230.325 231.750 - 3.775 231.825s 05/07 Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 232.425 232.425 227.625 228.475 - 3.825 228.600s 05/07 Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 372.025 372.025 365.000 366.650 - 6.075 366.325s 05/07 Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 372.575 372.675 364.975 366.675 - 6.875 366.175s 05/07 Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 370.625 370.625 363.325 365.100 - 6.650 364.650s 05/07 Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 368.400 368.400 361.000 362.775 - 6.525 362.325s 05/07 Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 365.350 365.375 358.050 359.700 - 6.500 359.375s 05/07 Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 359.275 359.275 352.325 353.400 - 6.575 353.300s 05/07 Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 354.850 354.850 348.150 348.800 - 6.700 348.825s 05/07 Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 350.625 350.625 350.300 350.300 - 6.200 347.275s 05/07 Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 49599.00 49874.00 49582.00 49827.00 127.00 49700.00 05:21A Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 49900.00 50168.00 49900.00 50124.00 120.00 50004.00 05:21A Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 7340.00 7402.25 7336.25 7395.50 32.50 7363.00 05:21A Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 7400.00 7458.50 7400.00 7450.75 30.75 7420.00 05:21A Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 28582.00 28897.00 28541.00 28865.25 183.00 28682.25 05:21A Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 28832.00 29150.00 28832.00 29128.75 188.50 28940.25 05:21A Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 75.47 0.38 75.09 05:21A Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 74.70 74.94 74.40 74.53 0.38 74.15 05:21A Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 72.93 73.38 72.85 72.90 0.29 72.61 05:21A Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 71.75 72.05 71.52 71.61 0.32 71.29 05:21A Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 70.60 70.83 70.32 70.35 0.27 70.08 05:21A Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 69.75 69.99 69.41 69.53 0.30 69.23 05:21A Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 69.00 69.35 68.79 68.82 0.21 68.61 05:21A Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 68.22 68.50 68.00 68.04 0.23 67.81 05:21A Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 595'2 0'0 601'6 05:21A Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 613'2 616'0 608'4 612'2 0'0 612'2 05:21A Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 628'0 631'0 623'6 627'2 0'0 627'2 05:21A Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 649'4 652'0 644'6 648'2 0'0 648'2 05:21A Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 669'2 670'0 663'0 668'4 2'0 666'4 05:21A Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 677'2 678'0 672'2 677'2 2'0 675'2 05:21A Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 676'6 678'4 674'4 677'4 1'6 675'6 05:21A Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 681'4 0'0 684'0 05:21A Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 696'4 0'0 698'4 05:21A Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 79905.0 80340.0 79370.0 80045.0 - 300.0 80345.0 05:21A Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
Jun 26 80230.0 80630.0 79720.0 80440.0 - 240.0 80680.0 05:21A Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
Jul 26 80940.0 80960.0 80170.0 80170.0 - 895.0 81065.0 05:21A Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 4714.4 4717.5 4713.6 4717.5 17.7 4699.8 05:21A Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
Jun 26 4682.5 4743.5 4671.0 4728.7 17.8 4710.9 05:21A Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
Jul 26 4696.3 4760.0 4696.3 4744.9 17.0 4727.9 05:21A Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 79.770 79.701 Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
Jun 26 79.020 80.940 78.705 80.685 0.786 79.899 05:21A Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
Jul 26 78.800 81.250 78.580 80.945 0.765 80.180 05:21A Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 98.25 98.64 93.82 94.94 0.13 94.81 05:21A Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
Jul 26 94.00 94.52 90.25 91.23 0.16 91.07 05:21A Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
Aug 26 89.90 90.15 86.43 87.32 -0.01 87.33 05:21A Chart for QCL6Q Options for QCL6Q
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