Grains futures, livestock prices trade mixed

[December 10, 2010]  CHICAGO (AP) -- Grains futures traded mixed Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for March delivery added 4.5 cents to $7.885 a bushel; March corn slipped 0.25 cent to $5.7425 a bushel; March oats gained 4 cents to $3.82 a bushel; while soybeans for January delivery slid 14.5 cents to $12.815 a bushel.

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

February live cattle were unchanged at $1.0462 a pound; March feeder cattle shed 0.40 cent to $1.1842 a pound; February lean hogs added 0.23 cent to 75.90 cents a pound; while February pork bellies were flat at $1.0450 a pound.

[Associated Press]

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