Grains futures, livestock prices trade mixed

[December 07, 2010]  CHICAGO (AP) -- Grains futures traded mixed Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for March delivery jumped 14 cents to $7.93 a bushel; March corn slid 5.5 cents to $5.68 a bushel; March oats gained 5 cents to $3.72 a bushel; while soybeans for January delivery dropped 11.75 cents to $12.885 a bushel.

Beef and pork futures also traded mixed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

February live cattle edged up 0.05 cent to $1.0642 a pound; March feeder cattle added 0.18 cent to $1.1965 a pound; February lean hogs dropped 1.32 cents to 75.25 cents a pound; while February pork bellies were flat at $1.0450 a pound.

[Associated Press]

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