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Grains futures jump, livestock prices trade mixed

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[October 06, 2010]  CHICAGO (AP) -- Grain futures rose sharply Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for December delivery jumped 16.25 cents to $6.635 a bushel; December corn gained 19.5 cents to $4.91 a bushel; December oats soared 15.25 cents to $3.5275 a bushel; and soybeans for November delivery added 17.75 cents to $10.7175 a bushel.

Beef and pork futures traded mixed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

December live cattle rose 0.37 cent to 97.67 cents a pound; November feeder cattle dropped 1.17 cents to $1.0950 a pound; December lean hogs gained 0.35 cent to 72.25 cents a pound; while February pork bellies fell 1 cent to $1.0750 a pound.

[Associated Press]

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