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Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: August 19, 2026

Sep. corn $4.73, up 9 and 3/4 cents
Sep. soybeans $12.22 and 1/4, up 21 and 1/2 cents
Sep. soybean meal $318.90, up $5.90
Sep. soybean oil 69.86, up 17 points
Sep. Chicago wheat $6.80 and 1/4, up 15 and 3/4 cents
Oct. live cattle $217.22, down $1.70
Sep. feeder cattle $329.12, down $4.22
Oct. lean hogs $81.50, up 77 cents
Sep. Class III milk closed at $17.09, down 21 cents
Sep. crude oil closed at $85.83, up 89 cents
Dec. cotton closed at 88.35, up 294 points
Sep. rice closed at $14.24, down 1/2 cent
Dec. gold closed at $4,567.90, up $147.30
Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 53,463.05, up 119.65 points