Grains futures mixed, livestock prices mostly drop

[October 12, 2010]  CHICAGO (AP) -- Grain futures traded mixed Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for December delivery dropped 10 cents to $7.0925 a bushel; December corn jumped 27.5 cents to $5.5575 a bushel; December oats dipped 0.5 cent to $3.69 a bushel; and soybeans for November delivery gained 17.5 cents to $11.525 a bushel.

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

December live cattle dipped 0.12 cent to 98.75 cents a pound; November feeder cattle slid 0.53 cent to $1.0712 a pound; December lean hogs tumbled 1.23 cents to 72.62 cents a pound; while February pork bellies were unchanged at $1.03 a pound.

[Associated Press]

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