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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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72/100 69/91 62/83 63/89 64/77
Dew Point
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75 73 66 69 68
Humidity
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92 91 81 88 94
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70 40 20 57 64
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Temp: 75oF Feels Like: 77oF
Humid: 100% Dew Pt: 75oF
Barom: 30.04 Wind Dir: ENE
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 8 mph
Sunrise: 6:16 Sunset: 8:05
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 8:00 PM
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@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 448'0 459'6 447'4 459'2 11'0 459'0s 03:58P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 472'0 484'2 471'4 483'6 11'2 483'2s 03:59P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 487'6 499'6 487'4 499'0 11'2 499'0s 03:53P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 496'0 507'2 495'4 506'6 10'2 506'4s 03:51P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 499'2 510'4 499'2 509'4 9'2 509'4s 02:59P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 484'4 492'6 484'4 491'6 6'4 492'0s 03:21P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 492'0 498'4 491'0 497'2 6'0 498'0s 03:26P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
Mar 28 503'6 509'2 503'6 509'2 5'6 509'2s 03:32P Chart for @C8H Options for @C8H
May 28 511'4 513'0 511'4 513'0 5'6 515'4s 01:20P Chart for @C8K Options for @C8K
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 1167'0 5'4 1173'6s 01:20P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1167'2 1178'4 1167'2 1176'2 11'6 1177'6s 01:20P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1183'4 1193'0 1182'4 1191'2 10'2 1192'4s 03:45P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1198'6 1208'0 1198'0 1206'2 10'0 1207'6s 03:41P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1206'2 1214'6 1205'6 1213'0 9'2 1214'6s 02:35P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1211'4 1221'0 1211'4 1219'2 8'6 1221'2s 03:46P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1219'0 1226'0 1217'6 1223'6 7'6 1225'4s 03:46P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
Aug 27 1206'0 1212'0 1203'4 1208'0 5'6 1210'2s 01:20P Chart for @S7Q Options for @S7Q
Sep 27 1179'0 1179'0 1171'2 1177'6 4'2 1177'6s 01:20P Chart for @S7U Options for @S7U
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 3250 - 12 3087s 01:20P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3076 3124 3075 3096 28 3102s 03:48P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3096 3141 3096 3113 23 3118s 03:49P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3143 3185 3140 3158 23 3163s 03:46P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3163 3204 3163 3180 22 3184s 01:20P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3189 3228 3185 3200 16 3204s 03:47P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3207 3248 3206 3219 12 3223s 01:30P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
Jul 27 3240 3273 3233 3246 9 3249s 01:30P Chart for @SM7N Options for @SM7N
Aug 27 3238 3260 3225 3237 6 3239s 01:20P Chart for @SM7Q Options for @SM7Q
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 95.350 95.450 95.250 95.400 -0.075 95.400s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 82.050 82.050 81.175 81.750 -0.375 81.750s 01:05P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 73.000 73.000 72.125 72.525 -0.625 72.475s 01:05P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 76.125 76.275 75.375 75.825 -0.475 75.775s 01:05P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 81.350 81.525 80.650 81.050 -0.525 80.975s 01:05P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
May 27 85.450 85.450 84.950 84.950 -0.400 84.950s 01:05P Chart for @HE7K Options for @HE7K
Jun 27 93.750 93.925 93.150 93.575 -0.500 93.475s 01:05P Chart for @HE7M Options for @HE7M
Jul 27 95.000 95.100 94.400 94.975 -0.325 94.800s 01:05P Chart for @HE7N Options for @HE7N
Aug 27 94.200 94.375 93.825 94.375 -0.175 94.225s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Q Options for @HE7Q
Oct 27 79.625 0.125 79.750s 01:05P Chart for @HE7V Options for @HE7V
Dec 27 72.650 72.650 72.500 72.500 -0.325 72.500s 01:05P Chart for @HE7Z Options for @HE7Z
Feb 28 75.800 75.800s Chart for @HE8G Options for @HE8G
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 222.850 224.500 220.350 223.750 - 2.600 223.625s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 217.000 219.450 215.225 218.775 - 1.175 218.875s 01:05P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 216.075 218.975 214.850 218.250 - 1.075 218.375s 01:05P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 217.200 219.700 215.675 218.950 - 1.150 219.050s 01:05P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 217.900 220.350 216.225 219.575 - 1.325 219.600s 01:05P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 210.550 213.425 209.275 212.825 - 1.050 212.825s 01:05P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
Aug 27 206.650 209.500 205.150 208.925 - 0.850 208.925s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Q Options for @LE7Q
Oct 27 206.475 208.350 205.475 208.350 - 1.075 208.150s 01:05P Chart for @LE7V Options for @LE7V
Dec 27 206.750 208.775 206.700 208.775 - 1.175 208.875s 01:05P Chart for @LE7Z Options for @LE7Z
Feb 28 207.000 207.000 207.000 207.000 - 0.950 208.900s 01:05P Chart for @LE8G Options for @LE8G
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 339.025 341.875 336.450 341.275 - 2.000 340.825s 01:05P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 331.700 335.400 328.075 335.000 - 2.650 334.550s 01:05P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 323.100 326.325 319.450 325.950 - 3.375 325.425s 01:05P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 316.775 318.400 312.200 317.900 - 4.050 317.425s 01:05P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 309.375 310.250 304.525 309.875 - 4.025 309.250s 01:05P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 305.325 306.100 300.925 306.100 - 3.500 305.550s 01:05P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
Apr 27 305.425 306.400 301.000 306.400 - 3.150 305.575s 01:05P Chart for @GF7J Options for @GF7J
May 27 305.000 305.175 300.625 304.875 - 2.725 304.875s 01:05P Chart for @GF7K Options for @GF7K
Aug 27 304.950 304.950 301.000 304.800 - 2.475 305.100s 01:05P Chart for @GF7Q Options for @GF7Q
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 53961.00 53999.00 53745.00 53778.00 - 128.00 53807.00s 04:00P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
Dec 26 54360.00 54398.00 54177.00 54250.00 - 130.00 54214.00s 04:00P Chart for @YM6Z Options for @YM6Z
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 7825.00 7831.75 7796.50 7802.50 - 17.50 7805.00s 04:00P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
Dec 26 7892.00 7898.00 7865.00 7869.00 - 17.50 7871.75s 04:00P Chart for @ES6Z Options for @ES6Z
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 30210.75 30283.00 30028.50 30154.00 - 46.75 30141.75s 04:00P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
Dec 26 30515.75 30566.00 30325.00 30445.00 - 48.50 30437.25s 04:00P Chart for @NQ6Z Options for @NQ6Z
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 68.88 0.38 69.05s 01:20P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 68.72 69.47 68.33 69.30 0.65 69.44s 03:14P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 68.47 69.22 68.08 69.05 0.63 69.19s 01:30P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 68.25 69.00 67.88 68.83 0.59 68.97s 03:47P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 68.25 68.88 67.83 68.69 0.53 68.81s 01:30P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 68.02 68.74 67.73 68.55 0.47 68.62s 03:47P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
May 27 67.85 68.60 67.68 68.39 0.43 68.46s 01:30P Chart for @BO7K Options for @BO7K
Jul 27 67.70 68.30 67.42 68.12 0.38 68.18s 01:30P Chart for @BO7N Options for @BO7N
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 653'6 677'2 652'4 674'0 22'0 674'6s 03:29P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 668'2 692'0 667'4 689'0 21'2 689'4s 03:00P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 685'2 707'6 684'6 704'6 20'0 705'2s 01:21P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 692'4 713'6 692'2 711'4 19'2 711'6s 01:20P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 692'6 711'6 692'6 710'2 18'2 710'6s 03:37P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 699'4 718'4 699'4 716'4 17'0 717'2s 01:30P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 712'0 730'2 712'0 728'2 15'4 728'6s 01:20P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
Mar 28 722'2 14'0 735'6s 01:20P Chart for @W8H Options for @W8H
May 28 729'0 735'0 729'0 733'4 11'6 733'4s 01:20P Chart for @W8K Options for @W8K
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 62920.0 63095.0 62800.0 63050.0 75.0 62975.0 08:33P Chart for @BTC6Q Options for @BTC6Q
Sep 26 63982.5 63982.5 63290.0 63230.0 Chart for @BTC6U Options for @BTC6U
Oct 26 63075.0 63400.0 63530.0 Chart for @BTC6V Options for @BTC6V
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 4322.1 4397.1 4315.0 4373.9 16.8 4380.4s 04:00P Chart for QGC6Q Options for QGC6Q
Sep 26 4360.0 4405.3 4317.2 4381.7 16.4 4387.8s 04:00P Chart for QGC6U Options for QGC6U
Oct 26 4375.8 4420.8 4333.0 4398.7 16.4 4403.7s 04:00P Chart for QGC6V Options for QGC6V
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Aug 26 64.780 0.115 64.988s 04:00P Chart for QSI6Q Options for QSI6Q
Sep 26 64.630 65.885 63.645 64.825 0.115 65.108s 04:00P Chart for QSI6U Options for QSI6U
Oct 26 64.650 66.055 64.170 65.050 0.113 65.338s 04:00P Chart for QSI6V Options for QSI6V
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Sep 26 81.27 82.99 80.71 82.40 1.15 82.40s 04:00P Chart for QCL6U Options for QCL6U
Oct 26 80.40 81.99 79.91 81.49 1.03 81.47s 04:00P Chart for QCL6V Options for QCL6V
Nov 26 78.99 80.48 78.64 80.10 1.03 80.10s 04:00P Chart for QCL6X Options for QCL6X
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