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West Des Moines, IA

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Temp:	33^oF	Feels Like:	23^oF
Humid:	75%	Dew Pt:	26^oF
Barom:	29.9	Wind Dir:	NNE
Cond:	N/A	Wind Spd:	14 mph
Sunrise:	6:57	Sunset:	5:58
As reported at DES MOINES, IA at 4:00 AM


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@C - CORN - CBOT
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Mar	376'2	372'2	374'4	-2'4
May	380'0	376'0	378'2	-2'4
Jul	382'6	378'6	380'6	-2'6
Sep	381'2	378'0	379'4	-2'4
Dec	385'2	382'2	383'6	-2'2
Mar	393'6	391'6	393'0	-2'2
May	397'6	395'6	397'0	-2'2
Jul	400'2	398'2	398'6	-2'6

@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Mar	888'4	880'0	882'0	-8'4
May	896'6	888'0	890'2	-8'6
Jul	907'4	899'0	901'4	-8'2
Aug	910'0	903'2	904'0	-9'0
Sep	911'0	903'6	904'2	-9'0
Nov	916'0	908'6	910'2	-7'2
Jan	918'0	912'6	912'6	-7'4
Mar	910'2	905'2	906'4	-5'2

@KW - HARD RED WINTER WHEAT - KCBT
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Mar	468'2	459'4	461'4	-7'0
May	475'2	466'4	468'0	-7'4
Jul	481'6	473'4	475'4	-6'6
Sep	488'2	481'6	483'2	-7'0
Dec	501'4	494'0	494'0	-8'0
Mar	512'2	505'6	505'6	-7'2

@W - WHEAT - CBOT
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Mar	550'4	541'0	542'4	-8'4
May	551'4	540'6	542'2	-9'6
Jul	552'0	541'4	543'0	-9'0
Sep	557'0	547'6	549'2	-8'6

@MW - HARD RED SPRING WHEAT - MGE
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Mar	526'0	520'2	521'0	-5'0
May	538'2	533'2	534'0	-4'2
Jul	547'0	542'2	543'0	-4'4
Sep	557'2	551'4	551'6	-4'4

@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Mar	140.925	139.650	139.750	- 0.600
Apr	142.575	141.250	141.725	- 0.425
May	143.500	141.950	142.500	- 0.725
Aug	150.900	149.200	149.350	- 1.375

@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Feb	120.175	118.800	119.800	- 0.375
Apr	119.150	116.950	118.075	- 0.900
Jun	110.950	108.900	110.125	- 0.650
Aug	109.875	108.250	109.325	- 0.450

@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Apr	67.150	66.050	67.100	0.150
May	74.300	73.800	74.175	-0.450
Jun	82.100	81.100	81.900	-0.100
Jul	83.000	82.275	82.825	-0.350


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