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West Des Moines, IA

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Temp:	11^oF	Feels Like:	2^oF
Humid:	77%	Dew Pt:	5^oF
Barom:	30.13	Wind Dir:	N
Cond:	N/A	Wind Spd:	5 mph
Sunrise:	7:34	Sunset:	4:45
As reported at DES MOINES, IA at 4:00 AM


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@C - CORN - CBOT
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Dec	374'4	366'2	366'2	-0'6
Mar	385'4	377'4	381'0	3'2
May	391'4	384'2	388'0	3'6
Jul	396'6	390'0	393'2	3'6
Sep	394'4	390'0	393'0	2'6
Dec	396'6	393'0	395'4	2'0
Mar	406'0	402'6	405'2	2'0
May	410'2	408'0	410'2	2'0

@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Jan	917'0	901'4	906'6	9'2
Mar	931'4	916'0	921'0	9'0
May	944'2	929'6	935'2	9'2
Jul	956'0	942'0	947'4	8'6
Aug	958'4	946'6	951'4	8'4
Sep	956'2	944'4	948'6	8'2
Nov	957'6	946'2	950'6	7'6
Jan	960'4	950'4	954'6	7'0

@KW - HARD RED WINTER WHEAT - KCBT
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Dec			416'0	0'0
Mar	451'4	437'4	443'0	0'0
May	458'4	445'4	450'2	0'2
Jul	464'6	452'0	457'2	0'2
Sep	473'0	460'6	465'6	0'0
Dec	484'0	472'6	478'0	0'0

@W - WHEAT - CBOT
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Dec			539'0	0'0
Mar	536'2	525'6	533'0	2'2
May	538'4	528'6	535'0	1'6
Jul	540'6	531'6	538'0	1'6

@MW - HARD RED SPRING WHEAT - MGE
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Dec			500'4	5'4
Mar	532'4	522'0	524'0	2'6
May	540'4	530'4	532'0	2'6
Jul	549'4	540'0	541'2	2'6

@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Jan	146.650	142.525	146.500	3.125
Mar	146.900	143.375	146.775	2.800
Apr	148.675	145.375	148.450	2.475
May	149.225	146.275	149.050	2.075

@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Dec	122.625	120.475	122.500	1.950
Feb	127.900	125.275	127.825	2.450
Apr	128.450	126.350	128.425	2.000
Jun	119.650	117.975	119.600	1.575

@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Dec	60.825	60.275	60.475	-0.525
Feb	71.550	68.700	69.250	0.850
Apr	77.450	75.150	76.075	1.600
May	83.275	81.625	82.925	1.875


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