Grain futures mixed; livestock prices mostly down

[February 09, 2011]  CHICAGO (AP) -- Grain futures traded mixed Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for March was up 3.25 cents at $8.62 a bushel; March corn fell 1 cent at $6.7375 a bushel; March oats were unchanged at $4.21 a bushel; and soybeans for March delivery were unchanged at $14.2450 a bushel.

Beef and pork futures traded mostly down on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

April live cattle fell 0.03 cent to $1.1172 a pound; March feeder cattle dropped 0.07 cent at $1.2450 a pound; April lean hogs fell 0.62 cent to 91.20 cents a pound; while February pork bellies were unchanged at $1.1300 a pound.

[Associated Press]

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