Grains futures, livestock prices trade mixed

[December 11, 2010]  CHICAGO (AP) -- Grains futures traded mixed Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for March delivery dropped 13 cents to $7.755 a bushel; March corn were unchanged at $5.7425 a bushel; March oats added 3 cents to $3.85 a bushel; while soybeans for January delivery slid 8.5 cents to $12.73 a bushel.

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

February live cattle slid 0.67 cent to $1.0395 a pound; March feeder cattle added 0.23 cent to $1.1865 a pound; February lean hogs dropped 0.75 cent to 75.15 cents a pound; while February pork bellies added 0.50 cent to $1.05 a pound.

[Associated Press]

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