Grains futures, livestock prices mostly rise

[July 14, 2010]  CHICAGO (AP) -- Grains futures rose Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for September delivery edged up 0.5 cent to $5.3625 a bushel; September corn added 0.25 cent to $3.80 a bushel; November soybeans gained 6.5 cents to $9.575 a bushel; and September oats were flat at $2.54 a bushel.

Beef and pork futures mostly rose on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

August live cattle added 0.53 cent to 90.60 cents a pound; August feeder cattle gained 0.58 cent to $1.1325 a pound; August lean hogs edged up 0.10 cent to 79.55 cents a pound; and July pork bellies dipped 0.10 cent to 101.60 cents a pound.

[Associated Press]

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