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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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DTN Market News
DTN Weekly Average DDG Price Still Moving Lower
DTN Early Word Grains 07/02 05:58
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DTN Midday Livestock Comments 07/02 12:00
DTN Closing Livestock Comment 07/02 16:19
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CME Feeder Cattle Index 07/02
Weekly Beef Export Sales 07/02 07:35
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 70oF Feels Like: 71oF
Humid: 100% Dew Pt: 70oF
Barom: 30.03 Wind Dir: NNE
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 6 mph
Sunrise: 5:40 Sunset: 8:42
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 2:00 AM
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Hot, Humid, Stormy Holiday Weekend
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High: 85°F
Low: 65°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 430'0 435'2 430'0 435'2 10'2 425'0 02:58A Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 425'0 433'2 425'0 433'0 10'0 423'0 02:58A Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 444'4 452'6 444'4 452'6 11'2 441'4 02:58A Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 458'6 467'2 458'6 467'2 11'0 456'2 02:58A Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 467'4 475'6 467'4 475'6 10'6 465'0 02:58A Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 474'0 481'4 474'0 481'4 10'4 471'0 02:58A Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 468'0 471'4 467'6 471'4 8'2 463'2 02:58A Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 472'6 479'2 472'6 479'2 8'0 471'2 02:58A Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 486'2 0'0 483'0 02:58A Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 1139'2 1151'0 1139'2 1150'6 19'0 1131'6 02:58A Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1140'2 1163'2 1140'2 1162'6 26'4 1136'2 02:58A Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1140'0 1163'2 1140'0 1163'0 27'0 1136'0 02:58A Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1153'0 1176'0 1153'0 1176'0 28'2 1147'6 02:58A Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1167'0 1190'0 1167'0 1189'6 27'4 1162'2 02:58A Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1172'4 1194'4 1172'4 1194'2 26'0 1168'2 02:58A Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1179'2 1200'2 1179'2 1200'0 25'0 1175'0 02:58A Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1184'0 1205'0 1184'0 1205'0 23'4 1181'4 02:58A Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1179'2 1191'6 1179'2 1191'6 21'6 1170'0 02:58A Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 3077 3122 3077 3122 45 3077 02:58A Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3052 3117 3052 3116 61 3055 02:58A Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3030 3094 3030 3094 63 3031 02:58A Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3013 3078 3013 3078 64 3014 02:58A Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3060 3111 3059 3109 65 3044 02:58A Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3076 3125 3076 3124 64 3060 02:58A Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3087 3149 3087 3148 61 3087 02:58A Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3133 3170 3133 3170 57 3113 02:57A Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3170 3202 3165 3202 53 3149 02:57A Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 93.325 94.075 93.125 94.000 0.500 93.850s 07/05 Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 96.850 98.925 96.600 98.600 1.700 98.750s 07/05 Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 81.450 82.375 81.025 81.875 0.525 82.025s 07/05 Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 73.425 73.800 72.750 73.300 -0.075 73.375s 07/05 Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 77.175 77.425 76.600 76.900 -0.300 76.975s 07/05 Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 82.000 82.300 81.600 81.850 -0.300 81.925s 07/05 Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 85.850 86.000 85.600 86.000 -0.075 85.925s 07/02 Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 94.300 94.600 94.000 94.225 -0.175 94.275s 07/05 Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 242.275 243.000 238.925 239.025 - 2.600 239.225s 07/05 Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 237.100 237.525 234.000 234.100 - 2.425 234.300s 07/05 Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 237.000 237.275 233.875 234.050 - 2.350 234.225s 07/05 Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 237.750 237.750 234.725 234.900 - 2.175 235.050s 07/05 Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 238.200 238.250 235.300 235.600 - 2.050 235.700s 07/05 Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 231.200 231.725 229.075 229.300 - 2.175 229.300s 07/05 Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 228.075 228.500 225.950 226.050 - 2.250 226.025s 07/02 Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 227.125 227.300 225.150 225.775 - 2.125 225.000s 07/02 Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 365.050 365.225 360.300 360.800 - 3.525 360.625s 07/05 Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 362.900 363.400 358.150 358.575 - 3.700 358.475s 07/05 Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 360.000 360.300 355.250 355.700 - 3.725 355.575s 07/05 Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 357.000 357.050 352.100 352.750 - 3.800 352.475s 07/05 Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 350.700 350.700 345.800 346.525 - 3.625 346.325s 07/05 Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 345.575 346.000 342.000 342.850 - 3.550 342.600s 07/02 Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 344.425 344.825 341.000 341.725 - 3.500 341.500s 07/02 Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 342.200 342.200 341.950 341.950 - 2.725 340.075s 07/02 Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 53152.00 53400.00 53074.00 53292.00 109.00 53183.00 02:57A Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 53576.00 53815.00 53520.00 53618.00 14.00 53604.00 02:57A Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7523.75 7574.25 7523.75 7562.25 34.00 7528.25 02:57A Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7592.00 7639.50 7591.50 7628.75 34.25 7594.50 02:57A Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 29566.00 30011.25 29522.00 29855.00 299.00 29556.00 02:57A Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 29888.25 30304.75 29840.00 30172.50 313.25 29859.25 02:57A Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 68.31 68.32 68.06 68.06 1.11 66.95 02:58A Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 67.24 68.04 67.17 67.70 0.93 66.77 02:58A Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 66.45 67.60 66.45 67.28 0.94 66.34 02:58A Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 66.20 67.12 66.20 66.78 0.97 65.81 02:58A Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 65.82 66.79 65.81 66.45 1.02 65.43 02:58A Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 65.71 66.67 65.71 66.35 1.02 65.33 02:58A Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 65.41 66.40 65.41 66.15 1.01 65.14 02:58A Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 65.33 66.08 65.32 65.83 0.98 64.85 02:57A Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 590'2 593'2 590'2 593'2 2'6 590'4 02:58A Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 600'4 609'0 600'2 608'2 8'4 599'6 02:58A Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 614'4 623'0 614'4 622'4 8'4 614'0 02:58A Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 627'4 635'0 627'4 634'6 8'2 626'4 02:58A Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 635'4 642'0 635'4 642'0 8'0 634'0 02:58A Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 639'6 645'4 639'6 645'4 7'0 638'4 02:58A Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 653'4 655'0 652'6 653'6 4'6 649'0 02:58A Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 667'6 671'6 667'6 671'4 6'0 665'4 02:58A Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 684'0 684'0 684'0 684'0 6'4 677'4 02:58A Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 61740.0 64260.0 61420.0 63265.0 1610.0 61655.0 02:57A Chart for @BTC6N Options for @BTC6N
Aug 26 62035.0 64150.0 61770.0 63420.0 1515.0 61905.0 02:57A Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 63720.0 63580.0 62300.0 62140.0 Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 4139.0 4199.7 4139.0 4199.7 87.0 4112.7 02:58A Chart for QGC6N Options for QGC6N
Aug 26 4138.0 4215.5 4133.8 4175.9 50.2 4125.7 02:58A Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 4151.6 4229.0 4150.0 4190.4 50.5 4139.9 02:58A Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jul 26 62.055 62.880 62.055 62.620 1.977 60.643 02:58A Chart for QSI6N Options for QSI6N
Aug 26 61.280 63.500 61.240 62.410 1.566 60.844 02:58A Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 61.500 63.730 61.385 62.800 1.736 61.064 02:58A Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 68.43 69.26 67.82 67.90 -0.79 68.69 02:58A Chart for QCL6Q Options for QCL6Q
Sep 26 68.37 69.24 67.82 67.88 -0.77 68.65 02:58A Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
Oct 26 68.35 69.13 67.76 67.80 -0.76 68.56 02:58A Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
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