Grains, livestock prices trade mixed

[October 19, 2011]  CHICAGO (AP) -- Grains futures traded mixed Tuesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.

Wheat for December delivery rose 1 cent to $6.2525 a bushel; December corn added 3.5 cents to $6.44 a bushel; December oats fell 0.5 cent to $3.39 a bushel; while November soybeans dropped 2.25 cents to $12.5075 a bushel.

Beef futures fell while pork futures rose on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.

December live cattle shed 0.33 cent to $1.2332 a pound; November feeder cattle fell 1.02 cent to $1.4340 a pound; while December lean hogs rose 0.25 cent to 90.95 cents a pound.

[Associated Press]

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