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West Des Moines, IA

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Temp:	50^oF	Feels Like:	45^oF
Humid:	93%	Dew Pt:	48^oF
Barom:	29.62	Wind Dir:	ESE
Cond:	N/A	Wind Spd:	15 mph
Sunrise:	5:49	Sunset:	8:32
As reported at DES MOINES, IA at 5:00 PM


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@C - CORN - CBOT
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Jul	399'0	391'2	393'4	5'2
Sep	406'4	399'4	402'4	6'0
Dec	413'0	407'0	410'0	6'0
Mar	422'0	415'6	419'2	5'6
May	425'4	420'6	423'0	5'0
Jul	428'6	424'4	426'4	4'0
Sep	413'0	409'6	411'0	3'2
Dec	414'2	410'4	412'0	2'2

@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Jul	846'4	819'0	821'2	-9'6
Aug	852'6	825'6	828'0	-9'6
Sep	859'2	832'6	834'6	-9'4
Nov	872'2	845'4	847'4	-9'2
Jan	883'4	857'2	859'4	-9'4
Mar	890'0	865'4	869'0	-9'6
May	898'6	876'0	878'2	-10'0
Jul	909'4	886'2	890'4	-9'4

@KW - HARD RED WINTER WHEAT - KCBT
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Jul	453'0	431'2	433'0	1'4
Sep	462'0	441'4	442'6	1'2
Dec	481'2	462'0	463'4	1'2
Mar	499'2	481'4	486'2	1'2
May	510'6	495'4	500'0	1'4
Jul	517'0	502'0	504'4	1'0

@W - WHEAT - CBOT
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Jul	492'6	474'0	476'0	0'4
Sep	499'2	481'4	483'2	0'6
Dec	510'0	493'4	495'4	0'4
Mar	520'0	505'2	507'4	-0'4

@MW - HARD RED SPRING WHEAT - MGE
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Jul	554'6	540'2	543'4	-0'4
Sep	563'2	549'0	553'0	-0'4
Dec	575'0	561'0	563'4	-1'2
Mar	588'6	575'4	577'4	-1'0

@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
	High	Low	Last	Chg
May	134.750	133.950	134.400	0.225
Aug	145.125	142.050	142.525	- 1.775
Sep	146.150	143.450	143.850	- 1.700
Oct	146.850	144.425	144.675	- 1.725

@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Jun	111.875	110.400	110.725	- 0.500
Aug	109.325	107.725	108.025	- 0.250
Oct	109.575	107.900	108.125	- 0.200
Dec	114.125	112.575	112.675	- 0.325

@HE - LEAN HOGS - CME
	High	Low	Last	Chg
Jun	91.675	89.925	90.000	-1.650
Jul	93.375	91.025	91.100	-1.625
Aug	94.650	92.225	92.275	-1.975
Oct	86.425	84.425	84.550	-1.600


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