Grains futures, livestock prices rise

[November 19, 2010]  CHICAGO (AP) -- Grains futures rose Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for March delivery added 13 cents to $6.845 a bushel; March corn jumped 16.5 cents to $5.5575 a bushel; March oats gained 8.25 cents to $3.68 a bushel; while soybeans for January delivery rose 37 cents to $12.42 a bushel.

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

February live cattle added 1.90 cents to $1.0450 a pound; January feeder cattle gained 1.30 cents to $1.1605 a pound; February lean hogs rose 1.65 cents to 75.80 cents a pound; while February pork bellies were flat at $1.0450 a pound.

[Associated Press]

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