Grains futures, livestock prices trade mixed

[August 11, 2010]  CHICAGO (AP) -- Grains futures mostly fell Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for December delivery shed 2.75 cents to $7.41 a bushel; December corn lost 3.75 cents to $4.1425 a bushel; December oats were flat at $2.9225 a bushel; while soybeans for November delivery fell 7.5 cents to $10.275 a bushel.

Beef futures dropped while pork futures rose on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

October live cattle shed 0.52 cent to 94.95 cents a pound; October feeder cattle dropped 0.10 cent to $1.1290 a pound; October lean hogs added 0.65 cent to 73.95 cents a pound; and August pork bellies jumped 4.5 cents to 132 cents a pound.

[Associated Press]

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