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West Des Moines, IA

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Temp:	53^oF	Feels Like:	53^oF
Humid:	61%	Dew Pt:	40^oF
Barom:	29.93	Wind Dir:	SE
Cond:	N/A	Wind Spd:	12 mph
Sunrise:	6:54	Sunset:	7:41
As reported at DES MOINES, IA at 12:00 AM


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High: 64°F Low: 49°F Precip: 69%	High: 54°F Low: 36°F Precip: 80%	High: 50°F Low: 30°F Precip: 0%	High: 62°F Low: 35°F Precip: 0%	High: 70°F Low: 51°F Precip: 60%

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@C - CORN - CBOT
	High	Low	Last	Chg
May	336'6	335'0	336'2	1'4
Jul	340'2	338'4	340'0	1'2
Sep	342'0	340'6	342'0	1'2
Dec	348'6	347'0	348'4	1'2
Mar	360'4	359'0	360'4	1'4
May	366'2	366'2	366'2	1'0
Jul	369'4	369'2	369'2	0'2
Sep	364'2	364'2	364'2	0'2

@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
	High	Low	Last	Chg
May	865'6	857'2	864'0	1'2
Jul	870'4	861'6	868'4	1'2
Aug	871'2	863'6	871'0	2'2
Sep	867'0	859'4	866'4	1'6
Nov	865'6	858'6	864'2	0'6
Jan	865'0	859'2	864'0	1'4
Mar	848'0	841'4	847'4	2'6
May	846'4	841'2	846'4	3'4

@KW - HARD RED WINTER WHEAT - KCBT
	High	Low	Last	Chg
May	478'0	474'0	475'0	0'0
Jul	484'4	481'4	483'0	0'4
Sep	493'0	489'0	491'0	0'2
Dec	503'2	503'2	503'2	-0'2
Mar	514'4	514'4	514'4	0'6
May	530'6	517'4	519'4	-13'6

@W - WHEAT - CBOT
	High	Low	Last	Chg
May	553'2	549'2	552'0	1'6
Jul	550'2	546'4	548'4	0'6
Sep	553'4	550'0	552'0	0'6
Dec	561'6	558'4	560'4	0'6

@MW - HARD RED SPRING WHEAT - MGE
	High	Low	Last	Chg
May	526'2	524'0	524'2	-0'2
Jul	536'4	533'2	533'2	-1'4
Sep	545'0	541'6	541'6	-1'6
Dec	554'2	554'2	554'2	0'0

@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
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Apr	119.225	117.425	117.425	- 4.500
May	119.825	118.400	118.400	- 4.500
Aug	125.750	124.400	124.400	- 4.500
Sep	125.650	124.600	124.600	- 4.500

@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Apr	100.000	97.325	97.325	- 4.500
Jun	90.575	87.575	87.575	-4.500
Aug	91.750	89.100	89.100	-4.500
Oct	94.800	92.450	92.450	-4.500

@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Apr	51.600	49.200	49.200	-3.000
May	52.000	49.975	49.975	-3.000
Jun	59.000	57.325	57.325	-3.000
Jul	63.400	61.725	61.725	-3.000


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