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Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: October 20, 2011

Dec. corn closed at $6.49 and 1/2, up 11 cents
Nov. soybeans closed at $12.25, unchanged
Dec. soybean meal closed at $320.30, up $1.00
Dec. soybean oil closed at 51.39, down 9 points
Dec. wheat closed at $6.30 and 3/4, up 11 and 1/4 cents
Oct. live cattle closed at $121.45, up 5 cents
Dec. lean hogs closed at $89.97, down 10 cents
Nov. crude oil closed at $85.30, down 81 cents
Dec. cotton closed at 96.86, down 286 points
Nov. Class III milk closed at $17.42, up 6 cents
Dow Jones Industrial Average: 11,541.78, up 37.16 points