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Fort Pierre, SD
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Temp: 53oF Feels Like: 53oF
Humid: 89% Dew Pt: 50oF
Barom: 30.22 Wind Dir: SE
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 7 mph
Sunrise: 7:28 Sunset: 7:38
As reported at PIERRE, SD at 11:00 PM
 
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@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
  High Low Last Chg
Oct 221.275 218.025 221.150 5.025
Dec 222.600 218.950 222.175 5.375
Feb 223.775 219.775 223.150 5.750
 
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
  High Low Last Chg
Sep 338.450 335.750 337.800 3.900
Oct 331.175 327.075 330.700 6.750
Nov 327.025 321.900 326.550 8.100
 
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
  High Low Last Chg
Dec 728'4 722'4 726'4 -0'2
Mar 744'2 738'6 742'2 -0'4
May 752'0 746'6 750'4 0'0
 
@KW - KC HRW WHEAT - CBOT
  High Low Last Chg
Dec 798'2 790'0 793'6 -0'6
Mar 810'6 803'0 807'4 -0'2
May 815'6 807'6 812'0 0'0
 
@MW - HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS - MGE
  High Low Last Chg
Dec 7.4600 7.4300 7.4500 -0.0125
Mar 7.6600 7.6475 7.6575 -0.0175
May 7.7750 7.7500 7.7625 -0.0275
 
@C - CORN - CBOT
  High Low Last Chg
Dec 544'0 542'0 543'6 0'6
Mar 557'4 555'6 557'4 0'6
May 563'6 561'6 563'6 0'6
 
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
  High Low Last Chg
Nov 1328'4 1322'4 1327'4 -0'4
Jan 1344'2 1338'4 1343'2 -0'6
Mar 1352'2 1346'0 1350'6 -1'0

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