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Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: December 18, 2014

Mar. corn closed at $4.11, up 2 and 3/4 cents
Jan. soybeans closed at $10.38, up 8 cents
Jan. soybean meal closed at $365.30, up 60 cents
Jan. soybean oil closed at 31.89, up 12 points
Mar. wheat closed at $6.55 and 1/4, up 6 and 3/4 cents
Dec. live cattle closed at $158.70, up $2.27
Feb. lean hogs closed at $81.87, up $1.40
Jan. crude oil closed at $54.11, down $2.36
Mar. cotton closed at 60.82, up 17 points
Jan. Class III milk closed at $16.23, up 48 cents
Jan. gold closed at $1,194.50 up 30 cents
Dow Jones Industrial Average: 17,778.15, up 421.28 points