DTN Closing Livestock Comment 12/22 15:34
   Traders Push Livestock Contracts Higher Through Monday's Close

   The livestock contracts closed higher as traders noted Friday's bullish
Cattle on Feed report and as traders are hopeful that Tuesday's Quarterly Hogs
and Pigs report will be supportive as well.

ShayLe Stewart
DTN Livestock Analyst

GENERAL COMMENTS:

   The livestock complex had a fruitful day as all three of the markets closed
higher. New showlists appear to be mixed, higher in Texas and Kansas, but lower
in Nebraska/Colorado. March corn is up 3 1/4 cents per bushel and March soybean
meal is up $0.80. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 227.79 points and the
NASDAQ is up 121.21 points.