Grains futures, livestock prices rise

[November 16, 2010]  CHICAGO (AP) -- Grains futures rose Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for March delivery added 3 cents to $7.125 a bushel; March corn jumped 21 cents to $5.69 a bushel; March oats gained 7 cents to $3.59 a bushel; while soybeans for January delivery rose 17.5 cents to $12.865 a bushel.

Beef and pork futures traded flat or higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

February live cattle added 1.12 cents to 102.82 cents a pound; January feeder cattle gained 0.65 cent to $1.1505 a pound; February lean hogs rose 0.45 cent to 75.02 cents a pound; and February pork bellies were flat at $1.0450 a pound.

[Associated Press]

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