Grains futures, livestock prices trade mixed

[November 23, 2010]  CHICAGO (AP) -- Grains futures traded mixed Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for March delivery edged up 0.5 cent to $6.845 a bushel; March corn slid 5.5 cents to $5.2925 a bushel; March oats fell 2.25 cents to $3.6375 a bushel; while soybeans for January delivery jumped 20 cents to $12.215 a bushel.

Beef and pork futures were also mixed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

February live cattle slid 0.42 cent to $1.0460 a pound; January feeder cattle were unchanged at $1.1740 a pound; February lean hogs edged up 0.07 cent to 76.92 cents a pound; while February pork bellies were flat at $1.0450 a pound.

[Associated Press]

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