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5-day Forecast for Washington, IA
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Condition		 Partly Cloudy Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Partly Cloudy Clear
Weather Partly Cloudy Thunder Storms Thunder Storms Partly Cloudy Clear
Temp
L/H (°F)		 57/79 52/77 36/52 34/56 35/66
Feels
Like
L/H (°F)		 57/79 52/78 27/52 29/56 29/66
Dew Point
(°F)		 52 55 31 27 38
Humidity
(%)		 45 73 44 42 53
Wind
Speed
(mph)		 8 18 18 12 14
Precip
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Precip
Amt (in.)
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0.64		 Rain
0.05		 None None
Evap
(in./day)		 0.23 0.15 0.16 0.15 0.18
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DTN Market News
First Ocean Going Ship Arrives in Port of Duluth-Superior
DTN Early Word Grains 04/16 06:32
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DTN Cattle Prices/Trends 04/16 11:30
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DTN Closing Livestock Comment 04/15 15:50
DTN Chart Technical Points 04/15 16:30
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DTN Early Word Livestock Comments 04/16 06:12
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CME Feeder Cattle Index 04/14
Weekly Beef Export Sales 04/16 07:35
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Local Conditions
Washington, IA
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Temp: 72oF Feels Like: 71oF
Humid: 61% Dew Pt: 57oF
Barom: 29.88 Wind Dir: WNW
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 8 mph
Sunrise: 6:24 Sunset: 7:47
As reported at WASHINGTON, IA at 12:00 PM
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DTN Weather Summary
System Moving Through Midwest, Sharp Cold Front in Northern Plains Thursday
Bryce Anderson (Bio) – DTN Meteorologist

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Local Forecast
Washington, IA
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Thursday
Friday
Saturday
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High: 79°F
Low: 57°F
Precip: 0%		 High: 77°F
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Futures
@C - CORN - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 451'0 452'6 448'2 448'6 -2'4 451'2 12:53P Chart for @C6K Options for @C6K
Jul 26 460'2 462'4 457'2 458'0 -2'4 460'4 12:53P Chart for @C6N Options for @C6N
Sep 26 463'6 465'4 461'0 461'2 -2'0 463'2 12:54P Chart for @C6U Options for @C6U
Dec 26 478'0 481'0 476'2 476'6 -1'2 478'0 12:53P Chart for @C6Z Options for @C6Z
Mar 27 491'0 494'0 489'4 490'0 -1'0 491'0 12:54P Chart for @C7H Options for @C7H
May 27 498'0 501'0 497'2 497'4 -1'0 498'4 12:54P Chart for @C7K Options for @C7K
Jul 27 501'0 504'2 500'4 500'4 -1'4 502'0 12:54P Chart for @C7N Options for @C7N
Sep 27 484'0 485'0 483'0 483'0 0'0 483'0 12:54P Chart for @C7U Options for @C7U
Dec 27 488'0 490'0 486'4 486'6 -0'6 487'4 12:54P Chart for @C7Z Options for @C7Z
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 1165'6 1170'0 1162'2 1164'0 -3'0 1167'0 12:53P Chart for @S6K Options for @S6K
Jul 26 1181'2 1186'4 1179'0 1180'6 -2'4 1183'2 12:53P Chart for @S6N Options for @S6N
Aug 26 1174'6 1181'0 1173'0 1174'6 -1'6 1176'4 12:54P Chart for @S6Q Options for @S6Q
Sep 26 1150'2 1157'2 1149'6 1151'2 -1'2 1152'4 12:54P Chart for @S6U Options for @S6U
Nov 26 1153'0 1161'0 1151'6 1155'4 1'0 1154'4 12:53P Chart for @S6X Options for @S6X
Jan 27 1164'0 1173'0 1163'4 1167'4 1'2 1166'2 12:54P Chart for @S7F Options for @S7F
Mar 27 1163'0 1171'6 1162'6 1166'4 1'0 1165'4 12:54P Chart for @S7H Options for @S7H
May 27 1167'0 1175'0 1166'0 1169'4 0'6 1168'6 12:54P Chart for @S7K Options for @S7K
Jul 27 1172'6 1180'4 1172'0 1175'2 1'0 1174'2 12:54P Chart for @S7N Options for @S7N
@SM - SOYBEAN MEAL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 3343 3350 3310 3318 - 26 3344 12:54P Chart for @SM6K Options for @SM6K
Jul 26 3310 3315 3267 3273 - 39 3312 12:54P Chart for @SM6N Options for @SM6N
Aug 26 3244 3255 3208 3212 - 41 3253 12:54P Chart for @SM6Q Options for @SM6Q
Sep 26 3200 3209 3165 3168 - 39 3207 12:54P Chart for @SM6U Options for @SM6U
Oct 26 3170 3179 3136 3138 - 38 3176 12:54P Chart for @SM6V Options for @SM6V
Dec 26 3204 3212 3170 3172 - 38 3210 12:54P Chart for @SM6Z Options for @SM6Z
Jan 27 3205 3214 3178 3181 - 36 3217 12:54P Chart for @SM7F Options for @SM7F
Mar 27 3205 3205 3169 3171 - 39 3210 12:54P Chart for @SM7H Options for @SM7H
May 27 3202 3202 3167 3169 - 40 3209 12:54P Chart for @SM7K Options for @SM7K
@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 93.575 94.675 93.200 94.050 -0.025 94.075 12:54P Chart for @HE6K Options for @HE6K
Jun 26 101.550 102.450 101.175 101.700 - 0.250 101.950 12:54P Chart for @HE6M Options for @HE6M
Jul 26 104.600 105.125 104.275 104.350 - 0.625 104.975 12:54P Chart for @HE6N Options for @HE6N
Aug 26 105.100 105.250 104.500 104.550 - 0.600 105.150 12:54P Chart for @HE6Q Options for @HE6Q
Oct 26 90.250 90.650 89.975 90.025 -0.600 90.625 12:54P Chart for @HE6V Options for @HE6V
Dec 26 82.725 83.050 82.450 82.450 -0.600 83.050 12:54P Chart for @HE6Z Options for @HE6Z
Feb 27 85.750 86.025 85.500 85.600 -0.300 85.900 12:54P Chart for @HE7G Options for @HE7G
Apr 27 89.675 89.925 89.525 89.675 89.675 12:54P Chart for @HE7J Options for @HE7J
@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 252.600 253.300 249.000 250.375 - 2.225 252.600 12:54P Chart for @LE6J Options for @LE6J
Jun 26 251.525 251.900 246.900 247.825 - 3.250 251.075 12:54P Chart for @LE6M Options for @LE6M
Aug 26 246.600 246.975 242.050 243.225 - 2.900 246.125 12:54P Chart for @LE6Q Options for @LE6Q
Oct 26 240.800 241.350 237.275 238.375 - 2.400 240.775 12:54P Chart for @LE6V Options for @LE6V
Dec 26 239.875 240.375 236.825 237.825 - 2.050 239.875 12:54P Chart for @LE6Z Options for @LE6Z
Feb 27 239.650 239.925 236.675 237.600 - 1.875 239.475 12:54P Chart for @LE7G Options for @LE7G
Apr 27 238.800 239.000 236.025 237.050 - 1.575 238.625 12:53P Chart for @LE7J Options for @LE7J
Jun 27 232.300 232.300 229.700 230.325 - 1.650 231.975 12:53P Chart for @LE7M Options for @LE7M
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 376.500 376.500 370.825 372.900 - 0.600 373.500 12:54P Chart for @GF6J Options for @GF6J
May 26 373.500 373.650 365.725 367.125 - 3.825 370.950 12:54P Chart for @GF6K Options for @GF6K
Aug 26 374.625 374.800 367.150 368.650 - 3.550 372.200 12:54P Chart for @GF6Q Options for @GF6Q
Sep 26 372.100 372.750 365.125 366.575 - 3.750 370.325 12:54P Chart for @GF6U Options for @GF6U
Oct 26 369.500 370.000 362.725 363.925 - 3.775 367.700 12:54P Chart for @GF6V Options for @GF6V
Nov 26 365.550 366.400 359.100 360.400 - 3.975 364.375 12:54P Chart for @GF6X Options for @GF6X
Jan 27 358.575 358.575 352.500 353.550 - 3.925 357.475 12:53P Chart for @GF7F Options for @GF7F
Mar 27 354.000 354.000 347.925 347.925 - 3.750 351.675 12:53P Chart for @GF7H Options for @GF7H
@YM - E-MINI DOW JONES $5 - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 48685.00 48871.00 48529.00 48725.00 56.00 48669.00 12:53P Chart for @YM6M Options for @YM6M
Sep 26 49020.00 49138.00 48827.00 49024.00 60.00 48964.00 12:53P Chart for @YM6U Options for @YM6U
@ES - E-MINI S&P 500 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 7057.25 7089.00 7046.50 7074.25 13.75 7060.50 12:53P Chart for @ES6M Options for @ES6M
Sep 26 7114.50 7143.50 7101.50 7130.00 14.75 7115.25 12:53P Chart for @ES6U Options for @ES6U
@NQ - E-MINI NASDAQ 100 - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Jun 26 26350.00 26564.00 26275.50 26494.00 128.50 26365.50 12:53P Chart for @NQ6M Options for @NQ6M
Sep 26 26585.50 26803.25 26539.00 26737.50 130.75 26606.75 12:53P Chart for @NQ6U Options for @NQ6U
@BO - SOYBEAN OIL - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 67.61 69.69 67.36 69.44 1.84 67.60 12:54P Chart for @BO6K Options for @BO6K
Jul 26 67.31 69.37 67.10 69.10 1.79 67.31 12:54P Chart for @BO6N Options for @BO6N
Aug 26 65.93 67.80 65.75 67.55 1.59 65.96 12:54P Chart for @BO6Q Options for @BO6Q
Sep 26 64.45 66.28 64.41 66.07 1.43 64.64 12:54P Chart for @BO6U Options for @BO6U
Oct 26 63.31 64.92 63.19 64.67 1.30 63.37 12:54P Chart for @BO6V Options for @BO6V
Dec 26 62.52 64.01 62.35 63.73 1.19 62.54 12:54P Chart for @BO6Z Options for @BO6Z
Jan 27 62.11 63.31 62.11 63.11 1.10 62.01 12:54P Chart for @BO7F Options for @BO7F
Mar 27 61.22 62.56 61.22 62.32 0.97 61.35 12:53P Chart for @BO7H Options for @BO7H
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 593'0 610'0 590'6 598'6 5'0 593'6 12:54P Chart for @W6K Options for @W6K
Jul 26 599'6 616'6 598'0 606'2 4'4 601'6 12:54P Chart for @W6N Options for @W6N
Sep 26 611'6 628'2 610'0 618'0 4'2 613'6 12:54P Chart for @W6U Options for @W6U
Dec 26 630'0 645'4 628'2 636'0 4'0 632'0 12:54P Chart for @W6Z Options for @W6Z
Mar 27 645'0 660'0 643'6 650'4 3'2 647'2 12:54P Chart for @W7H Options for @W7H
May 27 651'2 666'2 651'2 657'0 2'6 654'2 12:54P Chart for @W7K Options for @W7K
Jul 27 648'4 661'6 648'4 652'4 0'6 651'6 12:54P Chart for @W7N Options for @W7N
Sep 27 660'4 665'0 660'4 663'4 6'6 656'6 12:54P Chart for @W7U Options for @W7U
Dec 27 662'6 672'6 661'0 661'0 -5'0 666'0 12:54P Chart for @W7Z Options for @W7Z
@BTC - BITCOIN FUTURES - CME
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 75160.0 75580.0 73185.0 74455.0 - 720.0 75175.0 12:53P Chart for @BTC6J Options for @BTC6J
May 26 75510.0 75765.0 73530.0 74595.0 - 935.0 75530.0 12:53P Chart for @BTC6K Options for @BTC6K
Jun 26 75075.0 75395.0 74600.0 75070.0 - 730.0 75800.0 12:53P Chart for @BTC6M Options for @BTC6M
QGC - GOLD - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 4810.9 4810.9 4802.9 4803.7 - 14.6 4785.4 12:53P Chart for QGC6J Options for QGC6J
May 26 4799.8 4843.7 4779.5 4791.2 - 15.5 4791.6 12:53P Chart for QGC6K Options for QGC6K
Jun 26 4813.6 4861.3 4792.1 4809.2 - 14.4 4808.3 12:53P Chart for QGC6M Options for QGC6M
QSI - SILVER - COMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
Apr 26 79.175 79.175 79.175 79.175 -0.885 78.606 12:53P Chart for QSI6J Options for QSI6J
May 26 79.195 81.035 78.160 78.390 -1.238 78.710 12:53P Chart for QSI6K Options for QSI6K
Jun 26 79.895 81.165 78.590 78.715 -1.199 78.992 12:53P Chart for QSI6M Options for QSI6M
QCL - CRUDE OIL - NYMEX
Month Open High Low Last Change Close Time More
May 26 91.47 95.36 90.52 95.24 3.95 91.29 12:53P Chart for QCL6K Options for QCL6K
Jun 26 88.31 91.78 87.32 91.70 3.57 88.13 12:53P Chart for QCL6M Options for QCL6M
Jul 26 84.94 87.48 84.44 87.44 2.23 85.21 12:53P Chart for QCL6N Options for QCL6N
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