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Fort Pierre, SD
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Temp: 54oF Feels Like: 54oF
Humid: 77% Dew Pt: 47oF
Barom: 29.87 Wind Dir: SE
Cond: N/A Wind Spd: 10 mph
Sunrise: 6:06 Sunset: 9:09
As reported at PIERRE, SD at 3:00 AM
 
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@LE - LIVE CATTLE - CME
  High Low Last Chg
Jun 253.475 248.800 249.950 - 4.125
Aug 245.500 238.750 240.150 - 5.950
Oct 237.000 230.225 231.550 - 5.825
 
@GF - FEEDER CATTLE - CME
  High Low Last Chg
May 370.500 368.100 369.125 - 1.600
Aug 365.750 356.525 356.525 - 9.250
Sep 362.425 353.375 353.375 - 9.250
 
@W - WHEAT - CBOT
  High Low Last Chg
Jul 651'0 643'0 648'4 1'0
Sep 664'2 656'4 661'6 0'6
Dec 684'0 676'6 681'6 1'0
 
@KW - KC HRW WHEAT - CBOT
  High Low Last Chg
Jul 689'4 681'2 687'0 0'0
Sep 700'0 692'4 697'2 -0'4
Dec 715'2 708'4 712'6 -0'4
 
@MW - HARD RED SPRING WHEAT MPLS - MGE
  High Low Last Chg
Jul 6.9500 6.8850 6.9350 0.0325
Sep 7.1475 7.1000 7.1300 0.0200
Dec 7.3200 7.2875 7.3025 0.0150
 
@C - CORN - CBOT
  High Low Last Chg
Jul 464'6 461'0 464'0 1'6
Sep 471'0 467'2 470'6 2'2
Dec 487'4 484'0 487'2 2'2
 
@S - SOYBEANS - CBOT
  High Low Last Chg
Jul 1199'2 1190'4 1198'4 4'2
Aug 1198'4 1190'0 1198'2 4'6
Sep 1184'4 1176'4 1184'0 4'6

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