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West Des Moines, IA

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Temp:	59^oF	Feels Like:	59^oF
Humid:	48%	Dew Pt:	39^oF
Barom:	29.91	Wind Dir:	NW
Cond:	N/A	Wind Spd:	20 mph
Sunrise:	7:26	Sunset:	6:34
As reported at DES MOINES, IA at 1:00 PM


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@C - CORN - CBOT
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Dec	398'4	392'4	392'6	-5'0
Mar	408'2	403'2	403'4	-4'0
May	413'4	408'6	410'0	-2'4
Jul	417'2	413'0	414'6	-1'2
Sep	407'0	404'4	405'4	-1'0
Dec	409'6	407'0	408'2	-1'2
Mar	419'2	417'0	418'2	-0'4
May	424'0	422'0	423'4	-0'4

@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Nov	944'2	933'2	933'4	-7'0
Jan	958'2	947'6	947'6	-7'2
Mar	968'4	958'4	958'4	-6'4
May	975'2	966'4	967'0	-5'2
Jul	983'6	975'4	976'0	-4'4
Aug	985'4	978'2	978'6	-4'0
Sep	978'6	972'4	973'6	-2'4
Nov	976'4	969'4	972'6	-0'6

@KW - HARD RED WINTER WHEAT - KCBT
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Dec	426'0	418'6	420'2	-5'4
Mar	438'0	431'4	433'2	-4'4
May	447'0	441'4	443'6	-3'0
Jul	455'6	450'6	452'4	-3'6
Sep	465'6	461'2	463'6	-2'6
Dec	479'0	475'0	477'6	-2'6

@W - WHEAT - CBOT
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Dec	511'2	504'2	506'6	-4'2
Mar	517'0	510'6	513'4	-3'2
May	521'2	515'4	518'4	-2'6
Jul	524'4	519'0	521'6	-2'6

@MW - HARD RED SPRING WHEAT - MGE
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Dec	551'0	544'4	544'4	-7'4
Mar	565'0	558'6	559'0	-7'2
May	571'0	568'0	568'0	-7'4
Jul	577'0	577'0	577'0	-5'0

@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Oct	146.225	144.775	145.150	- 0.550
Nov	146.800	145.225	146.250
Jan	142.825	141.250	142.250	- 0.050
Mar	141.725	140.075	140.875	0.075

@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Oct	111.100	110.225	111.100	0.375
Dec	113.725	112.750	113.525
Feb	119.700	118.625	119.625	0.275
Apr	121.725	120.600	121.725	0.500

@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Dec	72.125	69.125	72.100	3.000
Feb	79.350	77.250	79.275	1.900
Apr	85.000	83.500	85.000	1.325
May	90.150	89.100	89.725	0.750


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